Bike v. American Motors Corp.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

TROUTMAN, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiff was injured in an automobile accident. She initially brought suit against defendant American Motors Corporation (AMC) and Albert J. Kuklis. AMC is the manufacturer of the Jeep in which plaintiff was a passenger and Kuklis is the administrator of the estate of the deceased driver of that same vehicle. Plaintiff voluntarily dismissed the estate as a defendant to preserve this Court’s subject-matter jurisdiction. Thereafter, AMC filed a motion to dismiss for failure to join an indispensable party. We denied that motion in our…