Lovelace v. Rockingham Memorial Hospital

MEMORANDUM OPINION

WILSON, Chief Judge.

This is a medical malpractice action by Dorothy Lovelace against Rockingham Memorial Hospital, two nurses, Mary B. Atkins and Arthur F. Strunk, and a doctor, Jack L. Wright, that practice at that hospital. Lovelace is a citizen of West Virginia; the hospital is a Virginia corporation with its principal place of business in the state; the individual defendants are citizens of Virginia; and there is more than $75,000 in controversy. Accordingly, there is diversity jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1382(a). The matter is before the court on the…