Legal Opinion
Diane C. Martin v. Nelson Stokes T/a Nelson Stokes Garage and Allen R. Lisenby
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 19, 1980No. 78-3390PublishedCited by 156 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAILEY BROWN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents the intriguing but difficult question of what state law should be applied in this diversity action originally commenced in a federal district court in Virginia and subsequently transferred to a federal district court in Kentucky.
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The plaintiff, Diane C. Martin, was injured in an automobile accident at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky on August 2, 1973. The other vehicle was driven by Allen R. Lisenby, a minor and a citizen of California, and the vehicle was owned by the minor’s grandfather, Nelson Stokes, who operated a garage in the Ft. Campbell area…
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