Renner v. Vitcov

MEMORANDUM

TROUTMAN, District Judge.

These diversity actions arise out of the multiple drowning deaths of minor plaintiffs, Michael Frank and Carol Irene Vitcov, on July 4, 1967. The deceased minors and their parents resided in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the time of the deaths. The defendants reside in Berks County, Pennsylvania, where the drownings occurred. On April 16, 1968, Joseph Renner, a resident of New Jersey, was appointed administrator of the estates of both children and, thereafter, filed these actions under the Pennsylvania Wrongful Death and Survival Acts, which were later…