Ratcliff v. Fibreboard Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that agreement was a final settlement under Chapter 33, despite language in the agreement to the contrary
• “A settlement between a plaintiff and the non-diverse defendant is final enough to support removal, even if the non-diverse defendant has not been severed from the case.”
• “A settlement between a plaintiff and the non-diverse defendant is final enough to support removal, even if the non-diverse defendant has not been severed from the case.” (citing Chohlis v. Cessna Aircraft Co., 760 F.2d 901, 903 n.2 (8th Cir. 1985
• high-low agreement constituted final settlement preventing defendants from appealing verdict

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).