Judge: Groundwater Defendant Improperly Joined, Case Belongs In Federal Court

Mealey's (June 26, 2019, 1:55 PM EDT) -- OXFORD, Miss. — A federal judge in Mississippi on June 24 dismissed a defendant in a groundwater contamination lawsuit brought by a municipality on grounds that he was improperly joined and denied the plaintiff’s motion to remand the case to state court (Yalobusha County, Mississippi v. Enpro Industries Inc., et al., No. 19-43, N.D. Miss., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 106187)....