WISE v. TRAVELERS INDEM. CO.

Civil Action No. 3:01-CV-86.

192 F.Supp.2d 506 (2002)

Charles L. WISE, Blanche J. Hartley, Executrix for the Estate of Okey Hartley, Sheila J. Brown, Executrix for the Estate of James Ash, George W. Yocum, John Weaver, Louis C. Goet. Gerald C. Barlow and Teresa M. Barlow, Brenda Malone, Personal Representative for the Estate of Gerald Emerson Malone, James Simmons, Wanda Mellott, Personal Representative for the Estate of James Mellott, and Tab F. Eddy, Personal Representative for the Estate of Edward Lyle Eddy, Plaintiffs, v. TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY, Travelers Insurance Company, Travelers Property Casualty Corp., Citigroup, Inc., Commercial Union Insurance Company, Aetna, Inc., Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, Aetna Life and Casualty Company, Insurance Company of North American (INA), Ace, Ltd., Ace USA, Cigna Corporation, White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd., and A & I Company, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. West Virginia.

February 22, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry Morton Hill, Leslie Crosco, Hartley, O'Brien, Parsons, Thompson & Hill, Wheeling, WV, John H. Skaggs, Calwell & McCormick, Charleston, WV, R. Dean Hartley, Hartley, O'Brien, Parsons, Thompson & Hill, Wheeling, WV, David P. Chervenick, Bruce E. Mattock, Goldbert, Persky, Jennings & White, Pittsburgh, PA, J. David Cecil, James Humphreys & Associates, LC, Charleston, WV, Stuart Calwell, The Law Offices of Stuart Calwell, PLLC, Charleston, WV, Ronald L. Motley, Donald A. Migliori, Anne McGinness Kearse, Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole, PA, Mt. Pleasant, SC, William K. Schwartz, Harvit & Schwartz, LC, Charleston, WV, Gary O. Galiher, Galiher, Deroberties, Nakaumra, Ono & Takitani, Honolulu, HI, for Plaintiffs.

Barry R. Ostrager, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, Jeffrey M. Wakefield, Andrew B. Cooke, Michael Bonasso, Erica M. Baumgras, Flaherty, Sensabaugh & Bonasso, Chaleston, WV, Andrew T. Frankel, Robert F. Cusumano, Mark G. Cunha, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, Wm. Richard McCune, Jr., Martinsburg, WV, John J. Polak, Rose and Atkinson, Charleston, WV, Robert Stillman, Hartford, CT, Eric J. Mayer, Susman Godfrey, Houston, TX, Clarence E. Martin, III, Martin & Seibert, LC, Martinsburg, WV, Dale A. Buck, Martin & Seibert, Martinsburg, WV, Clifton S. Elgarten, Mark D. Plevin, Luther Zeigler, Paul W. Kalish, David Hagen, Crowell & Moring, LLP, Washington, DC, Kenneth J. Barton, Jr., Steptoe & Johnson, Martinsburg, WV, Paul R. Koepff, O'Melveny & Myers, LLP, New York City, Elaine Klinger, Christie, Pabarue, Mortensen & Young, Philadelphia, PA, Gerald V. Weigle, Jr., Amy M. Shohl, LLP, Cincinnati, OH, John H. Tinney, John H. Tinney, Jr., The Tinney Law Firm, PLLC, Charleston, WV, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BROADWATER, District Judge.

On this day this matter came before the Court for review of 1) the plaintiffs' motion to remand this case to the Circuit Court of Berkeley County, West Virginia or in the alternative for abstention on the issue of subject matter jurisdiction under 28 United States Code § 13341 and 2) defendant Century Indemnity Company's motion for transfer of venue to the United...

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