Rainwater v. Lamar Life Insurance

Plaintiffs-Appellants Richard and Anna Rainwater (the “Rainwaters”) appeal the district court’s denial of their motion to remand this action to Mississippi state court. Specifically, the Rainwaters bring this interlocutory appeal to contest the district court’s ruling that Defendants-Ap-pellees Thomas Stroo and James Payton, who are Mississippi residents, were “improperly” joined because of the Rainwa-ters’ inability to establish a cause of action against them. The district court’s ruling was based on its conclusion that any claims that the Rainwaters may have had against Stroo and Payton…