Legal Opinion
Irma H. Sadler, of the Estate of Johnnie Dewey Hodges, Jr., Deceased v. New Hanover Memorial Hospital, Inc., a Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 20, 1978No. 77-2444PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINTER, Circuit Judge:
We authorized this interlocutory appeal to review the correctness of the district court’s ruling that it had diversity jurisdiction in a wrongful death action against a citizen of North Carolina brought by an executrix who is a citizen of Virginia for beneficiaries who are citizens of North Carolina. We affirm.
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Johnnie Dewey Hodges, Jr. was a citizen of North Carolina who became a patient in a hospital in Wilmington, North Carolina, operated by New Hanover Memorial Hospital, Inc. (hospital), a North Carolina corporation. Hodges died in the hospital, after having…
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