Messier v. Whitestown Packing Corp.

OPINION AND ORDER

COFFRIN, District Judge.

In this diversity action, plaintiffs Maurice and Geraldine Messier, Vermont citizens, seek compensatory and punitive damages from defendant Whitestown Packing Corporation, a New York corporation. Plaintiffs allege that, by misweighing and mishandling 92 veal calves that plaintiffs sold to defendant for slaughter and processing, defendant caused plaintiffs to suffer loss in an amount exceeding $10,000. Jurisdiction is predicated on 28 U.S.C. § 1332.

Defendant moves to dismiss on the ground that this court lacks jurisdiction over the defendant.…