EL CHICO RESTAURANTS, INC. v. AETNA CAS. AND SURETY CO.

No. CIV. 197-027.

980 F.Supp. 1474 (1997)

EL CHICO RESTAURANTS, INC., individually and as representative of a class of all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. The AETNA CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY, et al., individually and as representatives of a class of all other persons similarly situated, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Georgia, Augusta Division.

October 15, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Chapman Bell, Jr., Bell & James, Augusta, GA, Richard Henry Weiss, Elaine Kusel, Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach, LLP, New York, NY, Fred Misko, Jr., Charles E. Ames, Law Office of Fred Misko, Jr., Dallas, TX, Michael C. Dodge, Dodge & Associates, P.C., Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff.

Thomas William Tucker, Dye, Tucker, Everitt, Wheale & Long, Augusta, GA, Joseph E. Coughlin, Rowe W. Snider, Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, IL, for Defendants Aetna Cas. and Ins. Co., Standard Fire Ins. Co.

Thomas William Tucker, Dye, Tucker, Everitt, Wheale & Long, Augusta, GA, Michael L. McCluggage, Michael R. Blankshain, Leland H. Chait, Richard Jonathon Street, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Chicago, IL, for Defendants American Nat. Fire Ins. Co., Continental Cas., Transcontinental Ins. Co., Transp. Ins. Co.

Patrick J. Rice, Hull, Towill, Norman & Barrett, Augusta, GA, Michael Lowenberg, P.C., Kelly A. Rittenberry, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, Dallas, TX, for Defendants Argonaut Ins. Co., Argonaut Southwest Ins. Co.

Jerome L. Kaplan, Arnall, Golden & Gregory, Macon, GA, Karen B. Bragman, Arnall, Golden & Gregory, LLP, Atlanta, GA, Lyman G. Hughes, Barry R. Bell, Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal, LLP, Dallas, TX, for Defendants Cigna Ins. Co., Cigna Property and Cas. Ins. Co., Ins. Co. of North America, Pacific Employers Ins. Co.

Patrick J. Rice, Richard N. Carrell, William R. Pakalka, John E. Chapoton, Jr., Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP, Houston, TX, for City Ins. Co., Home Indem. Co., Home Ins. Co., Home Ins. Co. of Indiana.

Tony G. Powers, Rogers & Hardin, Atlanta, GA, David J. Healey, Stephen L. Lundwall, Robert B. Lytle, Arnold, White & Durkee, Houston, TX, for Defendant Hartford Ins. Co.

Patrick J. Rice, Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP, Houston, TX, Robert C. Walters, Russell Yager, Brian E. Robison, Vinson & Elkins, Dallas, TX, for Defendants Liberty Ins. Corp., Liberty Mut. Fire Ins. Co., Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.

William H. Stanhope, Thomas J. Gallo, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co., Nationwide Property and Cas. Ins. Co., Wausau Ins. Co.

David E. Hudson, Patrick J. Rice, Hull, Towill, Norman & Barrett, Augusta, GA, Jeffrey J. Cox, Robert W. Jordan, Mary L. Scott, Van H. Beckwith, Baker & Botts, LLP, Dallas, TX, for Defendants Planet Ins. Co., Reliance Ins. Co., Reliance Nat. Ins. Co.

Mary L. Skelton, Lane & Crowe, Brunswick, GA, J. Hampton Skelton, Skelton & Woody, Austin, TX, for Defendant St. Paul Mercury Ins. Co., St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co.

Donald A. Loft, Lewis E. Hassett, Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP, Atlanta, GA, Guy C. Quinlan, Rogers & Wells, New York, NY, for Defendant Nat. Council on Compensation Ins., Inc.


ORDER

BOWEN, District Judge.

Two motions are currently pending before the Court in the above-captioned case: Plaintiff's Motion to Remand and Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to Add Parties and to Serve an Amended Complaint. For the reasons set forth below, Plaintiff's Motion to Remand is DENIED and Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to Add Parties and to Serve an Amended Complaint is GRANTED. Furthermore, because Plaintiff's Complaint as...

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