ROE v. MICHELIN NORTH AMERICA, INC.

No. 09-15141.

613 F.3d 1058 (2010)

Donald B. ROE, Personal Representative of the Estate of Socorro Mejia, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MICHELIN NORTH AMERICA, INC., Michelin Americas Research & Development Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 5, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Stuart McAtee, Fields, McAtee & Lorant, Birmingham, AL, Dana G. Taunton, Beasley, Allen, Crow, Metnvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Bonnie Lassiter, Robert P. Monyak, Peters & Monyak, LLP, Atlanta, GA, Charles A. Stewart, III, Bradley Arant Rose & White, LLP, Montgomery, AL, Scott Burnett Smith, Bradley Arant Rose & White, LLP, Huntsville, AL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Leila Hirayama Watson, Cory Watson Crowder & DeGaris, Birmingham, AL, Joana S. Ellis, Holtsford Gilliland Higgins Hitson & Howard, PC, Montgomery, AL, David G. Wirtes, Jr., Cunningham, Bounds, Yance, Crowder, Brown & Breedlove, Mobile, AL, for Amicus Curiae.

Before BLACK, HULL and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.


BLACK, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-Appellant Donald Roe, representing the estate of Socorro Mejia, sued Michelin North America, Inc. and Michelin Americas Research and Development Corp. (together, Michelin). Roe sought to recover unspecified damages under Alabama's Wrongful Death Act. Michelin, invoking diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332, removed the case to federal court pursuant to § 1441 and the first paragraph of § 1446(b). Roe moved to...

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