Manley v. Navmar Applied Sciences Corp.
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
2012 WL 5588757 (2012)
- Written by Serena Lipski, JD
Facts
Eric Manley, Skylier Smith, and George Cook (employees) (plaintiffs), residents of Georgia and Texas, brought several state- and federal-law claims against Navmar Applied Sciences Corp. (defendant) and nine employees of Navmar (individual defendants) in a Pennsylvania state court. The employees alleged they were treated unfairly and improperly discharged from a Navmar training program in Arizona. Only Navmar and one of the individual defendants, Fenerty, were served. Navmar’s principal place of business was in Pennsylvania. Fenerty and another individual defendant resided in Pennsylvania. Four individual defendants resided in Arizona, and the remaining individual defendants resided elsewhere. Navmar removed the case to a Pennsylvania district court, and Fenerty and Navmar moved to transfer venue to the district of Arizona. Navmar and Fenerty did not allege that any witnesses would be unable to appear in Pennsylvania or that presenting evidence in Pennsylvania would create a hardship for them. In opposing the motion, the employees argued that it would be too costly for them to litigate in Arizona.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Sánchez, J.)
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