Carl Heck Engineers, Inc. v. Lafourche Parish Police Jury, Defendant-Third Party v. Maryland Casualty Company, Third Party

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that indemnity actions “can be and often are brought in a separate suit from that filed by the original plaintiff in the main claim”
• authorizing third-party removal if the claim is separate and independent from the plaintiffs original claim
• noting diversity of citizenship between third-party defendant insurer and third-party plaintiff insured
• noting diversity of citizenship between third-party defendant insurer and third-party plaintiff insured
• permitting removal by a third-party defendant under 28 U.S.C. § 1441(c) (1988)
• removal of a third-party claim allowed where the third-party claim states a separate and independent cause of action, however main claim remanded to state court

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).