Legal Opinion
Hanna M. Ayoub and Margaret Ayoub, His Wife v. Dr. H. N. Spencer, M. D.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 18, 1977No. 76-1408PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FORMAN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a denial of a motion for new trial of a medical malpractice action brought by Hanna Ayoub and his wife, Margaret, to recover damages for permanent paraplegia allegedly sustained by Mr. Ayoub as a result of the negligence of Dr. H. N. Spencer, the 'defendant physician. The complaint of the Ayoubs alleged that they were subjects of a foreign nation 1 and Dr. Spencer was a citizen of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, thus furnishing diversity jurisdiction. The case went to trial in the United States District Court for the Eastern…
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