Williams v. Estep

MEMORANDUM OPINION

NEESE, District Judge.

This is a removed diversity action for damages for personal injuries. 28 U.S.C. §§ 1332(a)(1), 1441(a). The plaintiff Mr. Avery Williams is 17 years of age; thus, under the disability of infancy until his 18th birthday. T.C.A. §§ 1-305, 6-648.

The parties agreed upon a settlement of all issues between them herein by a compromise under which the defendant would pay the minor plaintiff the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000).1 It is stipulated that such payment would be made by the defendant’s insuror. It is defending this action under reserved rights it…