Legal Opinion
Torres v. Bayer Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 10, 2010No. 09-1964PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RILEY, Chief Judge.
Melinda Torres filed an action against Bayer Corporation (Bayer) in Texas state court. Bayer removed the action to federal court. Three years later, Torres died. Torres’s two daughters, Nicole Hampton and Stephanie O’Neal (collectively, appellants), moved to substitute for them mother as plaintiffs in this case. The district court denied the motion. Hampton and O’Neal appeal the district court’s denial, and we reverse and remand to the district court for an evidentiary hearing.
I. BACKGROUND
On April 16, 2003, Torres filed her original petition (later amended) alleging, among…
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