Diversity Jurisdiction • Motion to Remand • “Good Faith Intent to Prosecute”

In re Zoloft Products Liability Litigation, PICS Case No. 17-1111 (E.D. Pa. June 20, 2017) Rufe, J. (8 pages).

Court denied plaintiffs’ motion to remand for lack of diversity in action alleging fraudulent concealment and failure to warn in drug birth defect case because the court found that the undiverse defendant was fraudulently joined since plaintiffs lacked a good-faith intent to prosecute their claims against that defendant. Motion denied.