The parties to this case are not diverse, and no federal question has been raised. Defendants allege this court has ancillary jurisdiction because of an allegedly factually interdependent federal case; however, that case was closed as of Aug. 10, 2017, ...

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Sonoco Products Co. v. Guven Even though the Turkish defendant accepted a job in South Carolina and listed an S.C. address on an application to renew his re-entry permit, since defendant was not domiciled in South Carolina when this lawsuit was filed, there is diversity of citizenship between the parties.

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Weil v. Killough The plaintiff-client alleges that the defendant-attorney, who also served as the client’s attorney-in-fact, failed to inform the client when the Patent and Trademark Office sent the attorney notice that a 7.5-year maintenance fee was due on the client’s patent.

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Barber v. American Family Home Insurance Co. Plaintiff Nancy Barber filed a breach of contract action against the defendant-insurer after the insurer made a check for insurance proceeds payable to both Nancy Barber and Kelly Barber.

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Ragin v. Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. of GA Contrary to defendants’ argument, Yost v. City of Charleston (D.S.C. Nov. 24, 2009) does not stand for the proposition that a plaintiff may not sue co-workers for a defamatory statement made in connection with the plaintiff’s termination if the statements were made within the course and scope of their employment.

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Doe v. OwenMcClelland LLC Plaintiff alleges that she was kidnapped, beaten, held against her will, and raped while a customer on the premises of the All-Safe Storage facility in Seneca. Although defendants contend that the facility manager was fraudulently joined as a defendant in order to defeat diversity jurisdiction, plaintiff has alleged that the manager had sufficient control over the facility to establish the possibility of maintaining a cause of action against her.

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Bullock v. Napolitano The 4th Circuit upholds dismissal of this Title VII race discrimination suit filed by an African-American who was dismissed from the federal air marshal training program; the U.S. did not consent to be sued in North Carolina state court and removal of the suit to federal court, under the doctrine of derivative jurisdiction, did not cure that jurisdictional defect.

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Fidelity National Title Insurance Co. v. Bernstein According to the plaintiff-title insurer, the defendant-attorney negligently failed to have a prior $200,000 mortgage cancelled or released as part of a real estate closing; later, the bank foreclosed, and the title insurer had to pay $200,000 to satisfy the prior mortgage. Although the foreclosing bank still has the mortgaged properties and could sell them, the attorney has failed to show that the title insurer has not incurred enough damages to allow this court to exercise diversity jurisdiction.

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Mendenall v. Walterboro Veneer, Inc. </emAt the time plaintiff filed her complaint (and even at the time her cause of action arose), the S.C. corporations that plaintiff named as defendants had already merged into the surviving out-of-state corporation. The S.C. defendants no longer exist; therefore, there is no possibility that plaintiff could establish a cause of action against them. Complete diversity exists between the parties. Plaintiff’s motion to remand to state court is denied.