Yeager

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBERT YEAGER, Plaintiff, No. C 19-06750 WHA

v.

FORD MOTOR COMPANY; GOSCH ORDER REMANDING ACTION FORD TEMECULA; and DOES TO STATE COURT through 10, inclusive, Defendants.

16 INTRODUCTION This is an automobile “Lemon Law” case brought under California law. Defendants removed. Plaintiff seeks remand. The crux is whether an in-state defendant was fraudulently joined. Finding recovery against the in-state defendant is possible, the motion to remand is GRANTED. STATEMENT Plaintiff purchased a Ford F-250 pickup truck in May 2014 from defendant Gosch Ford Temecula. The truck came covered by a three-year/36,000-mile express bumper-to-bumper warranty and a five-year/60,000-mile powertrain warranty (First Amd. Compl. ¶ 8). During the warranty period, multiple defects developed. In June 2014, plaintiff brought the truck to Gosch over excessive wobble while…