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RASKAS v. JOHNSON & JOHNSON

No. 13-1996.

719 F.3d 884 (2013)

Daniel RASKAS, Plaintiff-Appellee v. JOHNSON & JOHNSON; McNeil-PPC, Inc., Defendants-Appellants. Marjie Levy, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Pfizer, Inc., Defendant-Appellant. Leslie Yoffie, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Bayer Healthcare LLC, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: June 26, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Walsh , Dan Ball , Christopher J. Schmidt , St. Louis, MO, Steve Brody , Washington, DC, for Appellants Johnson & Johnson and McNeil-PPC, Inc.

Robyn Eileen Bladow , Shaun Paisley , Los Angeles, CA, James Patrick Muehlberger , Douglas B. Maddock, Jr. , Kansas City, MO, for Appellant Pfizer Inc.

Eugene A. Schoon , Susan A. Weber , Chicago, IL, Terry Lueckenhoff , Saint Louis, MO, for Bayer Healthcare, LLC.

Richard Steven Cornfeld , Saint Louis, MO, for appellee.

Before WOLLMAN, MELLOY, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

MELLOY, Circuit Judge.

Johnson & Johnson, McNeil-PPC, Pfizer, Inc., and Bayer Healthcare LLC (collectively, "Defendants") appeal the district court's remand order. The district court held that Defendants failed to establish the amount in controversy requirement under the Class Action Fairness Act ("CAFA"), codified in relevant part at 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d)(2). The district court therefore found a lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Because we determine that...

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