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THOMPSON v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.

No. 13-3005.

760 F.3d 913 (2014)

Christi THOMPSON; Brad Thompson; Melissa Thompson; Michelle Lombardo; Stephanie Maddux, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY; Philip Morris USA, Inc.; MFA Petroleum Company, Inc.; Barber & Sons Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 30, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth B. McLain , argued ( Scott B. Hall , on the brief) Independence, MO, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Stanley D. Davis , argued, Kansas City, MO (Bruce David Ryder , Jason Allen Wheeler , Saint Louis, MO, Andrew D. Carpenter , Brian A. Jackson , Molly S. Carella , Kansas City, MO, Jeffrey S. Bucholtz , Washington, DC, William L. Durham, II , Atlanta, GA, on the brief) for Defendants-Appellees.

Before LOKEN and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

After Michael Thompson's death from throat cancer in 2009, his wife Christi Thompson and the couple's children (collectively the Thompsons) brought this wrongful death action in state court against cigarette manufacturers R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and Philip Morris USA, Inc., retailer MFA Petroleum Company, Inc., and wholesale distributor Barber & Sons Company.2 The defendants removed the case to federal...

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