Pintor
Pintor v. Liberty Insurance Corporation
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SABAS PINTOR, et al., Case No. 22-cv-02878-JSC
Plaintiffs,
ORDER RE: MOTION FOR LEAVE TO
v. AMEND
LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE Re: Dkt. No.
COMPANY,
11 Defendant.
12 Plaintiffs filed suit in state court against Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., which insured Plaintiffs’ landlord Dora Alacon-Villeda against whom they had obtained default judgments. (Dkt. No. 1 at 6–10.) Liberty removed to federal court, asserting federal subject matter jurisdiction on the basis of diversity, (id. at 2): Plaintiffs are California residents and Liberty is incorporated under the laws of Massachusetts with its principal place of business there. See Lincoln Prop. Co. v. Roche, 546 U.S. 81, 89 (2005). Plaintiffs now seek to add a non-diverse defendant, Marcos M. Villeda, a co-landlord and a California resident. (Dkt. No. 39; see Dkt. No. 34 at 5 (ordering that Plaintiffs may otherwise freely amend the complaint to address Liberty’s arguments in support…