Legal Opinion
Pritchett v. Cottrell, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 23, 2008No. 06-3459, 06-3477, 06-3665PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANSEN, Circuit Judge.
John and Roxie Pritchett, Christian and Cathy Scott, and Gaylan and Carman Fix brought three separate products-liability actions in state court against Cottrell, Inc. (Cottrell), Jack Cooper Transport Co., Inc. (JCT), and others, for injuries that the men sustained while operating a ratchet system designed by Cottrell. 1 Cottrell removed the cases to federal court, and the district court denied motions to remand. In each case, the district court dismissed JCT for fraudulent joinder and lack of subject matter jurisdiction 2 and granted summary judgment to Cottrell,…
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