Judge Remands Groundwater Case; Defendants Failed To Show Fraudulent Joinder

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal judge in Alabama on Nov. 7 remanded a groundwater contamination lawsuit to Alabama state court, ruling that it lacked jurisdiction over the case and finding that the defendants failed to demonstrate that the plaintiff fraudulently joined a local defendant (The Waters Works and Sewer Board of the Town of Centre v. 3M Company, et al., No. 17-1026, N.D. Ala.; 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 184161).
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