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143210P.pdf   09/08/2015  Sonya Hubbard  v.  Federated Mutual Insurance Co.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  14-3210
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Springfield   
   [PUBLISHED] [Benton, author, with Beam and Gruender, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Insurance. The district court did not err in denying 
   plaintiff's motion to remand the case to state court based on its finding 
   plaintiff had fraudulently joined the McKee defendants because there was 
   no reasonable basis in fact and law to support a claim against them; for 
   res judicata purposes there is now a final judgment in the case the 
   district court relied on to establish res judicata, and any error in 
   relying on that decision before there was a final decision was harmless. 
  
143210P.pdf   08/20/2015  Sonya Hubbard  v.  Federated Mutual Insurance Co.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  14-3210
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Springfield   
   [PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Gruender and Beam, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil Case - diversity. District court's denial of remand following 
   fraudulent joinder and dismissal for based on res judicata and collateral 
   estoppel is affirmed.