LOTT v. SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY

Case No. 1:11cv362.

811 F.Supp.2d 1220 (2011)

Deborah LOTT, Individually, and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Sara Kelsey Lott, Deceased, et al., Plaintiffs, v. SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Alexandria Division.

May 9, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samantha Jacobson , Scott Michael Perry , Thomas Wilfried Mitchell , Bruce J. Klores & Associates, P.C., Washington, DC, Thomas Simpson Garrett , Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman, Richmond, VA, for Plaintiffs.

Tracie Noelle Wesner , Eccleston and Wolf PC, Fairfax, VA, for Defendants.


ORDER

T.S. ELLIS, III, District Judge.

Because the complaint in this removed state wrongful death case shows on its face a lack of diversity of citizenship among the parties, two threshold jurisdictional questions are presented.

First, whether it is permissible—after a removal has occurred—to realign the parties to produce the required diversity. Second, whether the requested party realignment is appropriate under...

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