MICHEL v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY

Civil Action No. 18-4738.

VICTOR MICHEL, ET AL., v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, ET AL., SECTION "R" (4).

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

August 28, 2018.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 28 U.S.C. § 1332
Cause: 28 U.S.C. § 1332 Diversity - Asbestos Litigation
Nature of Suit: 368 P.I. : Asbestos
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith Michel, On behalf of Victor Michel, Norbert Michel, On Behalf of Victor Michel & Vickie Michel, On Behalf of Victor Michel, Plaintiffs, represented by Alex S. Dunn, Jr. , Gori, Julian & Associates, P.C. & Ashley Lynette Page , Gori, Julian & Associates, P.C.

Aurora Pump Company & Borg-Warner Morse Tec LLC, As successor-by-merger to Borg-Warner Corporation, Defendants, represented by Glenn L.M. Swetman , MG+M The Law Firm, Bradley Adam Hays , MG+M The Law Firm, Brandie Mendoza Thibodeaux , MG + M The Law Firm, Christopher O. Massenburg , MG+M The Law Firm, Danielle Mikel Sczesny , MG+M The Law Firm, David R. Frohn , MGM Law Firm, Helen Meredith Buckley , MG+M The Law Firm, Jeanette Seraile-Riggins , MG+M The Law Firm, Meghan B. Senter , MG+M The Law Firm, Natasha Amber Corb , MG+M The Law Firm & Quinn Kelcie Brown , MG+M The Law Firm.

Certain-Teed Corporation, Dana Companies LLC, formerly known as DCO, LLC & Pneumo Abex Corporation, Defendants, represented by Barbara Bourgeois Ormsby , Deutsch Kerrigan LLP, William Claudy Harrison, Jr. , Deutsch Kerrigan LLP, Arthur Wendel Stout, III , Deutsch Kerrigan LLP, Jason P. Franco , Deutsch Kerrigan LLP & Jennifer E. Adams , Deutsch Kerrigan LLP.

Crane Company, Defendant, represented by Lawrence G. Pugh, III , Pugh, Accardo, LLC, Donna M. Young , Pugh, Accardo, LLC, Jacqueline Romero , Pugh, Accardo, LLC & Shelley L. Thompson , Pugh, Accardo, LLC.

Cummins Inc, Defendant, represented by Joseph Henry Hart, IV , Pugh, Accardo, LLC, Daniel E. Oser , Pugh, Accardo, LLC & Thomas A. Porteous , Pugh, Accardo, LLC.

Dap, Inc., Defendant, represented by Kay Barnes Baxter , Cosmich Simmons & Brown, PLLC, Ashley A. Edwards , Cosmich Simmons & Brown, PLLC, Forrest Ren Wilkes , Cosmich Simmons & Brown, PLLC, Georgia Noble Ainsworth , Cosmich Simmons & Brown, PLLC, Jason K. Elam , Cosmich Simmons & Brown, PLLC, Margaret Adams Casey , Cosmich Simmons & Brown, PLLC & Martin James Dempsey, Jr. , Cosmich Simmons & Brown, PLLC.

Ford Motor Company, Defendant, represented by Deborah DeRoche Kuchler , Kuchler Polk Weiner, LLC, Amber B. Barlow , Kuchler Polk Weiner, LLC, Janika D. Polk , Kuchler Polk Weiner, LLC, Lee Blanton Ziffer , Kuchler Polk Weiner, LLC & Monique M. Weiner , Kuchler Polk Weiner, LLC.

General Electric Company & Genuine Parts Company, Defendants, represented by John Joseph Hainkel, III , Frilot L.L.C., Angela M. Bowlin , Frilot L.L.C., Barry C. Campbell , Frilot L.L.C., James H. Brown, Jr. , Frilot L.L.C., Kelly L. Long , Frilot L.L.C., Kelsey A. Eagan , Frilot L.L.C., Lacey Taylor McCoy , Frilot L.L.C. & Magali Ann Puente-Martin , Frilot L.L.C.

Honeywell International, Inc., in its capacity as successor to Bendix and successor in Interest to AlliedSignal, Inc., Defendant, represented by Eric Shuman , McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC & Sarah Elizabeth McMillan , McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC.

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Defendant, represented by Jay Morton Jalenak, Jr. , Kean Miller & Patrick Dale Roquemore , Kean Miller.

Union Carbide Coporation, Defendant, represented by McGready Lewis Richeson , Pugh, Accardo, Haas, Radecker & Carey, Ernest G. Foundas , Pugh, Accardo, LLC, Francis Xavier deBlanc, III , Pugh, Accardo, Haas, Radecker & Carey, Kathleen Erin Jordan , Pugh, Accardo, Haas, Radecker & Carey, Milele N. St. Julien , Pugh, Accardo, Haas, Radecker & Carey & Perrey S. Lee , Pugh, Accardo, LLC.

Taylor Seidenbach, Inc., Defendant, represented by Christopher Kelly Lightfoot , Hailey, McNamara, Hall, Larmann & Papale, LLP, Edward J. Lassus, Jr. , Hailey, McNamara, Hall, Larmann & Papale, LLP & Richard J. Garvey, Jr. , Hailey, McNamara, Hall, Larmann & Papale, LLP.

Honeywell International, Inc., in its capacity as Honeywell, Inc, Defendant, represented by Glenn B. Adams , Porteous, Hainkel & Johnson, Matthew Edward Simmons , Porteous, Hainkel & Johnson & Nancy Lee Cromartie , Porteous, Hainkel & Johnson.

Crown Cork & Seal USA, Inc., Defendant, represented by Michael D. Lonegrass , Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith & Rodger Gregory Green, Jr. , Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith.

Bridgestone Americas, Inc., Incorrectly named in the Plaintiff's petition as Bridgestone-Firestone America's Holding, Inc, Defendant, represented by Benjamin J. Guilbeau, Jr. , Stockwell, Sievert, Viccellio, Clements & Shaddock, LLP & John J. Simpson , Stockwell, Sievert, Viccellio, Clements & Shaddock, LLP.


ORDER AND REASONS

Before the court is plaintiffs' motion to remand.1 For the following reasons, the Court denies the motion.

I. BACKGROUND

This case arises out of Victor Michel's alleged asbestos exposure as a result of his work as a mechanic...

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