Myrl E. Etheridge and Billy E. Etheridge, Permanent Administrator of the Estate of Edwin E. Etheridge v. Piper Aircraft Corporation

LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:

The question for decision is whether the district court erred in dismissing appellants’ diversity action for failure to satisfy the jurisdictional amount requirement of 28 U.S.C. § 1332. Although dispute exists as to which state’s unlawful death law governs the damages available, we nevertheless reverse because, regardless of which law governs, it cannot be said, to a legal certainty, that $10,000 is not recoverable.

The appellants brought suit against appellee for the wrongful death of their son, Edwin Etheridge. Appellants alleged that the decedent and his wife…