Legal Opinion
Crissy Simpson v. Tim Thomure
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 7, 2007No. 06-2396PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Chief Judge.
Crissy Simpson’s right hand was severely injured in an accident at work while she was operating a power press machine. Simpson filed suit in Missouri state court against the out-of-state power press manufacturer and Tim Thomure, her supervisor, a fellow Missouri resident. The manufacturer defendants removed. The district court 1 denied Simpson’s motion to remand to state court and dismissed her claim against Thomure, concluding that he was fraudulently joined and therefore the court had diversity jurisdiction over the action. After resolving her claims against the…
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