Legal Opinion
Gorfinkle v. U.S. Airways, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 7, 2005No. 04-1837PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RESTANI, Judge.
Clifford Gorfinkle (“Gorfinkle”) brought a negligence claim against U.S. Airways, Inc. (“U.S.Airways”) in Massachusetts state court. U.S. Airways then removed the case to federal court based upon diversity of citizenship, and brought a third-party claim against F.F. Santarpio (“San-tarpio”). Gorfinkle subsequently filed a Second Amended Complaint adding San-tarpio, a nondiverse party, as a direct defendant, and thus destroyed diversity. The case proceeded to the merits without the parties or the district court recognizing the diversity issue and the court granted summary…
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