1. In my opinion it is going to be a diversity jurisdiction. Since James claiming 150,000$ (more than 75,000$) , defendant can remove the case to federal court.
2. I think “Yes” a corporation is considered a citizen of a state, just like a person and if a citizen of one state can be sued by a court in another state there is usually one thing that must be considered: are there "minimum contacts" with the foreign state (in this case "foreign" means the state where a party is NOT a citizen of that allow the courts of the foreign state to have jurisdiction over the citizen. If enough minimum contacts exist, the jurisdiction exists.
3. On this discussion this type of service of process is good. Because she had to give a notice or to be heard to the other person. One simply cannot go forward with a lawsuit without giving notice to the other side that is pending, and allowing them an opportunity to come to court, tell their vision of the facts and argue their position.
4. It depends on what evidence Delta has towards poor job performance. If Conrad's activity was poor job performance, then Delta could win a summary judgment.
5. I think this is called Interrogatories and it is a protected discovery. Interrogatories are used to obtain relevant information that a party has regarding a case, but they cannot be used to elicit privileged communications. The question must be stated precisely to evoke an answer relevant to the litigated issues. So he has