LAUGHLIN v. PRUDENTIAL INS. CO.

No. 88-4590.

882 F.2d 187 (1989)

Rebecca LAUGHLIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE CO., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Order on Denial of Rehearing October 11, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Mathis Corinth, Miss., for Rebecca Laughlin.

K. Hayes Callicutt, Jackson, Miss., for P. Eddings.

Clifford K. Bailey, III, John E. Hughes, III, Wells, Wells, Marble & Hurst, Jackson, Miss., for Prudential.

Janet Arnold-Wilson, Edward A. Moss, Oxford, Miss., for AIG, Protective Life & Travelers.

S.T. Rayburn, H. Scot Spragins, Oxford, Miss., for Beneficial Standard.

Al Nuzzo, Jayne Buttross, Jackson, Miss., for F. Bennett.

Before RUBIN, POLITZ, and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.


POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

Rebecca Laughlin brings this interlocutory appeal contending that the district court erred by refusing to remand this action to state court and by granting partial summary judgment dismissing her claims against Pat C. Eddings. Finding no basis for federal jurisdiction we reverse, vacate, and remand.

Background

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