Legal Opinion
Weekley v. Guidant Corp.
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided September 23, 2005No. 1:05CV00064 JLHPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HOLMES, District Judge.
Jere Weekley filed a complaint against Guidant Corporation and Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Arkansas, on July 26, 2004. The complaint alleged that the defendants supplied a defective pacemaker that proximately caused injury and damages to Weekley. The prayer for relief expressly limited damages claimed to an amount less than $75,000, the minimum amount for federal diversity jurisdiction.
On or about July 8, 2005, Weekley filed a document styled, “Amendment to Complaint; Motion for Class Certification.” That document consists of…
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