Morganstern v. Marriott-Hot Shoppes, Inc.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

FRANK A. KAUFMAN, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, residents of Fredericksburg, Virginia, instituted this proceeding against defendant, a Delaware corporation, with its principal office in the District of Columbia. Defendant is qualified to do business and is subject to service of process in both Maryland and Virginia. Plaintiffs assert diversity of citizenship jurisdiction. Mrs. Morgan-stern, one of the two plaintiffs, alleges that, as a business invitee, she was injured by a fall caused by the negligence of defendant in permitting an accumulation of ice and snow on a parking…