TAPPER v. LUMBERMENS MUT. CAS. CO.

Civ. A. No. S86-0726(G).

662 F.Supp. 599 (1987)

J.D. TAPPER, d/b/a Tapper Machine Works, Plaintiff, v. LUMBERMENS MUTUAL CASUALTY COMPANY, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, v. Clinton T. TAPPER, Jr., Calvin E. Foster, and Turner-Smith-Foster, Inc. f/k/a Turner-Sparrow Insurance Agency, Third-Party Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Mississippi, S.D.

June 2, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David O. McCormick, John L. Hunter, Pascagoula, Miss., for plaintiff.

Rhona S. Alter, Ronald G. Peresich, Biloxi, Miss., Clayton H. Farnham, H. Michael Bagley, Atlanta, Ga., for defendant/third party plaintiff.

James W. Backstrom, Pascagoula, Miss., for third party defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

GEX, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on three separate but related motions and objections filed by the parties concerning this Court's exercise of diversity jurisdiction (28 U.S.C. Section 1332) over the instant action.

I. Procedural History

On May 19, 1986, Plaintiff filed a Complaint in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Mississippi, naming Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company (Lumbermens) as...

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