Legal Opinion
Tyler v. Gaines Motor Lines, Inc.
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided January 30, 2003No. CIV. JFM-02-1975PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
MOTZ, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, Julia R. Tyler and Christopher Willis, filed suit in this court based on diversity of citizenship seeking compensation for injuries sustained in a traffic acci dent that took place in North Carolina. Gaines Motor Lines, Inc. (“Gaines”), a North Carolina corporation, owns the tractor-trailer that allegedly caused the accident. Gaines has filed a motion to dismiss, or in the alternative, to transfer the case to the Western District of North Carolina, based on lack of personal jurisdiction in Maryland. For the reasons set forth below, I will grant…
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