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062018P.pdf   02/28/2007  Heather Wilkinson  v.  Jacob A. Shackelford
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  06-2018
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City   
   [PUBLISHED] [Bye, author, with Chief Judge Loken and Shepherd,
   Circuit Judges]
   Civil Case - diversity jurisdiction. District court's denial of motion to
   remand diversity case based on fraudulent joinder is reversed. Claim
   against owner of vehicle for negligence in providing the truck to be used
   on the highway with inadequate and defective tires provided a reasonable
   basis for believing state might impose liability sufficient to defeat
   fraudulent joinder challenge. Dismissal of claim against truck owner is
   reversed and case is remanded to state court.