A federal judge in Pennsylvania has ruled that a products liability suit against Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. will remain in federal court because the plaintiffs’ motion to remand the case to state court was based on the joinder of a “non-existent” entity that was apparently the product of a typo on the Pennsylvania Department of State’s website.
U.S. District Judge Joel H. Slomsky of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denied plaintiffs Shane Loveland and Jacob Summers’ motion to remand the case to the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, finding that the joinder of the defendant referred to as “Pennsylvania Goodyear” was improper—because, the judge said, there is no such entity.
