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 The Honorable Brian S. Miller, United States District Judge for the Eastern

District of Arkansas, sitting by designation.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 10-2663

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Alice Coke, surviving spouse of *

Larry Coke, deceased, *

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Plaintiff - Appellee, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the 

* Western District of Missouri.

Loadmaster Corporation, *

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Defendant - Appellant, *

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Nathanial Macon; Downing *

Sales & Service, Inc., *

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Defendants. *

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Submitted: April 12, 2011

Filed: July 6, 2011

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Before WOLLMAN and MELLOY, Circuit Judges, and MILLER,1

 District Judge.

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PER CURIAM.

Alice Coke, a Missouri citizen, is the surviving spouse of Larry Coke. Prior to

his death, Larry worked as a garbage collector. On January 17, 2008, Larry was
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 On May 3, 2010, Loadmaster filed a motion to amend its answer to add as an

affirmative defense that Larry's injuries were caused by Macon and that Macon's fault

"must be compared" to any fault attributed to Loadmaster. 

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 The Honorable Richard E. Dorr, United States District Judge for the Western

District of Missouri. 

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emptying a dumpster with a garbage truck when the dumpster struck him, resulting

in his eventual death. On July 10, 2009, Alice filed an action in federal district court

against Loadmaster—the alleged "designe[r] and manufacture[r]" of the garbage truck

that Larry was operating at the time of his injury. Alice asserted claims against

Loadmaster for products liability and breach of implied warranty of merchantability.

On April 29, 2010—prior to the district court's deadlines for amending

pleadings and joining parties—Alice sought leave to amend her complaint to join two

new defendants, Nathanial Macon and Downing Sales & Service, Inc. ("Downing"),

who are both alleged to be Missouri citizens.2

 Alice alleges Macon was a co-worker

of Larry's who was working with Larry at the time of his injury, and she alleges

Downing "distributed and sold" the garbage truck. She asserts negligence claims

against Macon, and she asserts products-liability, breach-of-implied-warranty-ofmerchantability, and negligence claims against Downing. 

Loadmaster opposed Alice's motion to join Macon and Downing. On June 30,

2010, however, the district court3

 found that joinder was proper pursuant to Rule

20(a)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure because all of Alice's claims against

the defendants arise out of the same incident and because there are "several questions

of law and fact common to all defendants." Thus, the court granted Alice's motion to

amend pursuant to Rule 15(a)(2), which provides that "court[s] should freely give

leave [to amend pleadings] when justice so requires." As a result of the joinder of

Macon and Downing, however, the court found that it "no longer retain[ed] diversity
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jurisdiction over [the] case." Thus, the court "dismissed [the case] without prejudice

to refiling in state court."

Loadmaster appeals, arguing that the district court erred in granting Alice's

motion to amend. Specifically, Loadmaster argues that joinder is improper pursuant

to Rule 20(a)(2). Alternatively, Loadmaster argues that even if joinder is proper, the

district court abused its discretion in allowing Alice's amendment pursuant to Rule

15(a)(2) because Alice was dilatory in seeking joinder, because Alice seeks joinder

for the purpose of destroying the district court's jurisdiction, and because allowing

joinder will unduly prejudice Loadmaster. Bailey v. Bayer CropScience L.P., 563

F.3d 302, 307 (8th Cir. 2009) ("The trial court's decision whether to allow amendment

will be reviewed only for an abuse of discretion." (internal quotation marks omitted)).

We have carefully reviewed the record and considered the parties' arguments. We

find no error in the district court's order allowing Alice to amend her complaint.

Therefore, we affirm the order of the district court. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. 

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