Fields v. Freedom Industries, Inc. et al
Plaintiff: Maddie P. Fields
Defendant: Freedom Industries, Inc. and West Virginia American Water Company
Case Number: 2:2014cv14848
Filed: April 16, 2014
Court: US District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
Office: Charleston Office
County: Kanawha
Presiding Judge: John T. Copenhaver
Nature of Suit: Withdrawal
Cause of Action: Transmission of Bankruptcy Reference
Jury Demanded By: None

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December 17, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 4 ORDER pursuant to the companion memorandum opinion and order entered this date contemporaneously herewith, it is ORDERED that the thirty-four cases listed herein in this consolidated action, each of which names as its sole defendant West Virginia-Ame rican Water Company, are remanded to the respective state circuit courts from which they were removed; in the thirteen cases listed herein in this consolidated action, in which both the debtor Freedom Industries, Inc. and West Virginia-American Wate r Company are named as defendants, it is ORDERED that claims against West Virginia-American Water Company are severed from the claims against Freedom; it is further ORDERED that the claims against West Virginia-American Water Company are remanded to the respective state circuit courts from which they were removed; it is further ORDERED that in the case of Mahood et al. v Freedom Industries Inc., No. 2:14-14853, in which plaintiffs bring claims against Freedom, West Virginia-American Water Compa ny, and Dennis Farrell, claims against West Virginia-American Water Company and Dennis Farrell are severed from the claims against Freedom; it is further ORDERED that the claims against West Virginia-American Water Company and Dennis Farrell are rema nded to the Circuit Court of Kanawha County; it is further ORDERED that in the two cases listed herein in which plaintiffs bring claims against Freedom, West Virginia-American Water Company, and various John Doe defendants, claims against West Virgin ia-American Water Company and the John Does are severed from the claims against Freedom; it is further ORDERED that the claims against West Virginia-American Water Company and the John Does are remanded to the state circuit courts from which they wer e removed; it is further ORDERED that in the two cases in which plaintiffs bring claims against Freedom, West Virginia-American Water Company, and American Water Works Service Company, Inc., claims against West Virginia-American Water Company and Ame rican Water Works Service Company, Inc. are severed from the claims against Freedom; it is further ORDERED that the claims against West Virginia-American Water Company and American Water Works Service Company, Inc. are remanded to the Circuit Court o f Kanawha County; finally the court ORDERS that the claims against Freedom in all of the named actions and in the remaining four actions listed herein, are stayed pending the resolution of the Freedom bankruptcy. Signed by Judge John T. Copenhaver, Jr. on 12/17/2015. (cc: attys; any unrepresented parties, along with Mark E. Freedlander, Esq., McGuireWoods LLP, 625 Liberty Avenue, 23rd Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15222; U. S. Bankruptcy Court)
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Plaintiff: Maddie P. Fields
Represented By: Michael J. Del Giudice
Represented By: Timothy J. LaFon
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Defendant: Freedom Industries, Inc.
Represented By: Jason P. Alter
Represented By: J. Nicholas Barth
Represented By: Mark E. Freedlander
Represented By: Michael J. Roeschenthaler
Represented By: Brian C. Root
Represented By: Scott E. Schuster
Represented By: Stephen L. Thompson
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Defendant: West Virginia American Water Company
Represented By: William C. Ballard
Represented By: William F. Dobbs, Jr.
Represented By: A. L. Emch
Represented By: Thomas J. Hurney, Jr.
Represented By: Brian R. Swiger
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