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GOODWIN v. REYNOLDS

No. 13-14621.

757 F.3d 1216 (2014)

Scarlett GOODWIN, as the Dependent Widow of Robert Goodwin, deceased, and as the Administratrix of the Estate of Robert Goodwin, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dewight REYNOLDS, an individual, Fikes Truck Line, LLC, a company, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 3, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas P. Willingham , Mary Leah Miller , Law Offices of Thomas P. Willingham, PC, Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Jackson Mitchell Frost, Jr. , Bradley L. Hendrix , David A. Rich , Ferguson Frost & Dodson, LLP, Birmingham, AL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before MARCUS and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and GOLDBERG, Judge.

ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

Pursuant to the so-called "forum-defendant rule," a state-court action that is otherwise removable to federal court solely on the basis of diversity of citizenship is not removable if any of the "parties in interest properly joined and served as defendants is a citizen of the State in which such action is brought." 28 U.S.C. § 1441(b) (2006) (emphasis added).1 Plaintiff filed this case in state court...

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