Alberta M. McCurdy Administratrix of the Estate of Robert A. McCurdy Deceased v. Greyhound Corporation

STALEY, Circuit Judge.

The administratrix of Robert A. McCurdy brought this wrongful death action, alleging negligence on the part of defendant’s employee-bus driver. Federal jurisdiction was based solely on diversity of citizenship. 1 The accident allegedly occurred when McCurdy, who was driving along a main street in the city of Pittsburgh, was blinded temporarily by the bright lights of a bus approaching him from the rear. This caused him to crash into a safety island in the center of the street. He allegedly sustained brain damage which led directly to his death four days later. No one but…