Valerino v. Thompson

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding Costco was fraudulently joined because the complaint did not establish the retailer had reason to know a product was dangerous and therefore had no duty to inspect, remove, or warn about the product
• “[T]he principal place of business inquiry may peer beyond a party's corporate form and look to the activities of individuals who actually control and direct the corporation from distinct, but related, corporate entities.”
• “A finding of fraudulent joinder permits the district court to disregard the citizenship of such non-diverse or forum defendants, assume jurisdiction over the action, dismiss any such fraudulently joined defendants, and retain jurisdiction over the case.”
• “[A] district court assessing the viability of state law claims at the fraudulent joinder stage should not engage in a choice of law analysis and should instead apply the body of law suggested by the plaintiff, so long as that choice of law is itself colorable.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).