SIMMONS EX REL. SIMMONS v. Norfolk S. Ry. Co.

How courts have described this case

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• noting that “when the diverse defendant’s liability is based on the same acts of negligence as that of the local defendant, there is no fraudulent joinder.”
• wrongful death claim and claim under the Illinois Survival Act were “separate claims and, for purposes of determining the amount in controversy, should be aggregated.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).