Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit February 4, 2004, 03-2513 EM (In Re General American Life Insurance Company Sales Practices Litigation Deborah Berardinelli v. General American Life Insurance Company)

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RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

This appeal involves the relationship between an action brought in the state courts of New Mexico by Deborah Berardinelli, whom we shall call the plaintiff, against General American Life Insurance Company, and an earlier settlement of a class action against General American in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.