Helen Martin et al. v. Amazon.com Services LLC et al.

Martin v. Amazon.com Services LLC · United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania · December 4, 2025 · No. 2:25-cv-04915

Summary

The Eastern District of Pennsylvania denied Plaintiffs’ motion to remand a removed product-liability, negligence, wrongful-death, and survival action. The court held that Amazon’s registration to do business in Pennsylvania did not make it a Pennsylvania citizen for diversity-jurisdiction purposes, and concluded that complete diversity and the amount-in-controversy requirement were satisfied.

Holdings

  1. A corporation's registration or certification to do business in Pennsylvania does not make the corporation a citizen of Pennsylvania for purposes of diversity jurisdiction.
  2. Removal was proper because complete diversity existed between the parties and the amount in controversy exceeded $75,000.

Questions Presented

  1. Whether Amazon's registration to do business in Pennsylvania under 15 Pa. C.S.A. § 411 made Amazon a Pennsylvania citizen for purposes of federal diversity jurisdiction.
  2. Whether complete diversity and the amount-in-controversy requirement under 28 U.S.C. § 1332 existed so that removal was proper.

Disposition

other

Cases Cited (10)

  • Johnson v. SmithKline Beecham Corp., 724 F.3d 337, 346 (3d Cir. 2013)(followed)
  • Sciarrino v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 476 F. Supp. 3d 91, 93 (E.D. Pa. 2020)(followed)
  • Samuel-Bassett v. KIA Motors Am., Inc., 357 F.3d 392, 396 (3d Cir. 2004)(followed)
  • Andrews v. Nike, Inc., No. 21-2793, 2021 WL 5042460, at *1 (E.D. Pa. Oct. 29, 2021)(followed)
  • Brown v. Francis, 75 F.3d 860, 865 (3d Cir. 1996)(followed)
  • Swiger v. Allegheny Energy, Inc., 540 F.3d 179, 182 (3d Cir. 2008)(followed)
  • Brewer v. SmithKline Beacham Corp., 774 F. Supp. 2d 720, 725 (E.D. Pa. 2011)(followed)
  • Lincoln Ben. Life Co. v. AEI Life, LLC, 800 F.3d 99, 104 (3d Cir. 2015)(followed)
  • Daimler AG v. Bauman, 571 U.S. 117, 139 n.20 (2014)(followed)
  • Bane v. Netlink, Inc., 925 F.2d 637, 640 (3d Cir. 1991)(distinguished)

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