Legal Opinion
Clarke v. Burkle
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 21, 1978No. Nos. 77-1205 and 77-1206PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HENLEY, Circuit Judge.
We have before us consolidated appeals in two separate cases commenced by the same plaintiff in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa; both cases arose out of an automobile accident that occurred in Iowa in 1968 and as a result of which plaintiff sustained injuries that have resulted in his total and permanent disability. Both suits were prosecuted on behalf of plaintiff by next friends. Jurisdiction of the district court was properly invoked in both cases on the basis of diversity of citizenship and requisite amount in controversy.
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