Little v. Watkins Motor Lines, Inc.

VAN OOSTERHOUT, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal from final judgments sustaining defendants’ motion for directed verdicts and dismissing five consolidated suits for damages for deaths and injuries resulting from an automobile accident. These actions, originally commenced in the state court, were, upon defendants’ motion, properly transferred to the federal court upon the basis of diversity of citizenship and jurisdictional amount. All actions involve common questions of law and fact. Plaintiffs are the surviving occupants of the Myerly automobile and the personal representatives of Lowell R.…