OSTERHOUT v. AIR & LIQUID SYSTEMS CORPORATION

No. 5:14-CV-208 (MAD/DEP).

ROBERT OSTERHOUT and PEARL OSTERHOUT, Plaintiffs, v. AIR & LIQUID SYSTEMS CORPORATION, as successor by merger to Buffalo Pumps, Inc.; CAMERON INTERNATIONAL; CARRIER CORPORATION, individually and as successor-in-interest to Bryant Heating and Cooling Systems, Inc.; CBS CORPORATION, formerly known as Viacom, Inc., successor by merger to CBS Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation, formerly known as Westinghouse Electric Corporation; CRANE CO.; CRANE PUMPS & SYSTEMS, INC.; FMC CORP., on behalf of its former Peerless Pump and Northern business; FOSTER WHEELER ENERGY CORPORATION; GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY; G.H. MINER CO., INC.; GOULDS PUMPS, INC.; HOMELITE CONSUMER PRODUCTS, INC.; IMO INDUSTRIES INC.; INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY; JOHN CRANE, INC.; JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC.; RUGGLES-KLINGLEMAN MANUFACTURING CO., INC.; SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO.; STIHL INCORPORATED; SYRACUSE SUPPLY CO.; TATE ANDALE, INC.; THE NASH ENGINEERING COMPANY; TODD SHIPYARDS CORP.; TRANE US, INC., individually and as successor in interest to American Standard, Inc.; TROY BELTING AND SUPPLY CO.; WARREN PUMPS LLC; WEIR VALVES & CONTROLS USA, INC., individually and as successor in interest to Attwood & Morrill Co., Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. New York.

May 30, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JEROME H. BLOCK, ESQ. , KEITH W. BINDER, ESQ. , LEVY KONIGSBERG, LLP, New York, New York, Attorneys for Plaintiffs.

BROWN & KELLY, LLP, KENNETH A. KRAJEWSKI, ESQ. , Buffalo, New York, Attorneys for Defendant-Cross-Defendant Air & Liquid Systems Corporation.

COSTELLO SHEA & GAFFNEY, LLP, STEVEN E. GARRY, ESQ. , New York, New York, Attorneys for Defendant-Cross-Claimant-Cross-Defendant, Cameron International.

WILSON ELSER MOSKOWITZ, EDELMAN & DICKER LLP, JULIE R. EVANS, ESQ. , ERIK C. DIMARCO, ESQ. , New York, New York, Attorneys for Defendants-Cross-Claimants-Cross Defendants Carrier Corporation, G.H. Miner Co., Inc., Homelite Consumer Products, Inc., and Todd Shipyards Corp.

SEDGWICK, LLP, MICHAEL A. TANENBAUM, ESQ. , DENNIS V. VEGA, ESQ. , MATTHEW STRAUS, ESQ. , Newark, New Jersey, Attorneys for Defendants-Cross-Defendants-Cross-Claimants CBS Corporation, Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation, and General Electric Company.

K & L GATES LLP, ANGELA DIGIGLIO, ESQ. , ERIC R.I. COTTLE, ESQ. NICOLE M. KOZIN, ESQ. , New York, New York, Attorneys for Defendants-Cross-Claimaints-Cross-Defendants Crane Co., Crane Pumps & Systems, Inc., and Ruggles-Klingeman Manufacturing Co., Inc.

KELLEY JASONS MCGOWAN SPINNELLI HANNA & REBER, LLP CHRISTOPHER P. HANNAN, ESQ. , New York, New York, Attorneys for Defendant-Cross-Claimaint-Cross-Defendant FMC Corp.

GOLDBERG SEGALLA, LLP, SUSAN E. VAN GELDER, ESQ. LISA MARIE ROBINSON, ESQ. ANDREW J. SCHOLZ, ESQ. Buffalo, New York, Attorneys for Defendants-Cross-Defendants-Cross-Claimants Goulds Pumps, Inc. and, Stihl Incorporated.

LEADER & BERKON, LLP, AMY ZUMSTEG, ESQ. , New York, New York, Attorneys for Defendants-Cross-Defendants-Cross-Claimants Imo Industries Inc. and, Warren Pumps LLC.

KENNEY SHELTON LIPTAK NOWAK, LLP, JAMES S. NOWAK, ESQ. , Buffalo, New York, Attorneys for Defendants-Cross-Defendants-Cross Claimants Ingersoll-Rand Company and Trane US, Inc.

BARRY, MCTIERNAN & MOORE WILLIAM A. COONEY, ESQ. , New York, New York, Attorneys for Defendant-Cross-Defendant-Cross Claimant John Crane, Inc.

HOAGLAND, LONGO, MORAN, DUNST & DOUKAS, JASON RIEMER, ESQ. , New York, New York, Attorneys for Defendant-Cross-Defendant Johnson Controls, Inc.

MALABY & BRADLEY, LLC DAVID P. SCHAFFER, ESQ. , New York, New York, Attorneys for Defendant-Cross-Defendant-Cross-Claimant Sears, Roebuck & Co.

RIVKIN RADLER LLP DAVID E. RICHMAN, ESQ. , Uniondale, New York, Attorneys for Defendant-Cross-Defendant Syracuse Supply Co.

MCGIVNEY & KLUGER, PC ERIC M. GERNANT, ESQ. , Syracuse, New York, Attorneys for Defendants-Cross-Defendants-Cross-Claimants Tate Andale, Inc., The Nash Engineering Company, and Weir Valves & Controls USA, Inc.

AHMUTY, DEMERS & MCMANUS, FRANK A. CECERE, ESQ. , Albertson, New York, Attorneys for Defendant-Cross-Claimant-Cross-Defendant Troy Belting and Supply Co.


MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER

MAE A. D'AGOSTINO, District Judge.

On February 27, 2014, Defendants Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation and General Electric Company removed this action to federal court pursuant to the federal officer removal statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1442(a)(1). See Dkt. No. 1. Plaintiffs Robert Osterhout and Pearl Osterhout have moved to remand the action back to state court for lack of subject matter jurisdiction or, in the alternative...

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