Legal Opinion
Tillman v. BNSF Railway Company
District Court, E.D. Missouri
Decided March 5, 2021No. 1:20-cv-00178Unknown
1Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI SOUTHEASTERN DIVISION RICKY L. TILLMAN, JR., surviving son ) of Ricky L. Tillman, Sr., deceased, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Case No. 1:20 CV 00178 SNLJ ) BNSF RAILWAY CO., et al., ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM and ORDER Plaintiff Ricky Tillman, Jr., sued defendants BNSF Railway Company, Donald Handy, and Titusan Townsend in Missouri state court under Missouri’s wrongful death statute. Two days after plaintiff filed suit, defendant BNSF removed the case to this Court solely based on diversity jurisdiction. See
28 U.S.C. §§ 1332(a), 1441(a).…
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