Service On Forum Defendants Defeats Incomplete Removal, Federal Judge Says

Mealey's (April 18, 2019, 12:31 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A removing defendant must complete all three steps of the process prior to service on a forum defendant for diversity of citizenship to exist, a federal judge in New York held April 17 in remanding an asbestos-talc case (Betsey P. Hardman, et al. v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., et al., No. 18-11223, S.D. N.Y.)....