United States Eleventh Circuit

In a case of first impression involving the limitations period for removal in a multi-defendant litigation, denial of plaintiff's motion to remand her wrongful death action related to use of a prescription patch to state court is affirmed where the court adopts the "last-served" defendant rule which permits each defendant, upon formal service of process, thirty days to file a notice of removal pursuant to U.S.C. section 1446(b).

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/29/2008
• Published 07/29/2008

Judges

• ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:, Before ANDERSON and SILER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Richard A. Kupfer, Richard A. Kupfer, P.A., Delray Beach, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jack R. Reiter, Michele Aimee Vargas, Adorno & Yoss, P.A., Coral Gables, FL, for Defendants-Appellees.