Noble v. Bradford Marine, Inc.
United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
789 F. Supp. 395 (S.D. Fla. 1992)
Relevant factsFree
Noble and Muir (plaintiffs) sued Bradford Marine (defendant) in Florida state court after their boats were destroyed by fire spreading from a vessel owned by Prime Time Charters. Nearly ten months after the original complaints were filed, the plaintiffs amended to add Prime Time as a defendant, and Prime Time removed the cases to federal court within thirty days of the amendment; the district court raised the removal-timeliness question on its own.
IssueFree
Whether a party added as a defendant in an amended complaint may remove the case to federal court if more than thirty days have passed since the original complaint was filed.
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