Legal Opinion
Carpentino v. Transport Insurance
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided March 13, 1985No. Civ. A. N-84-141 (RCZ)PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON MOTION TO DISMISS
ZAMPANO, Senior District Judge.
Pending before the Court is a motion to dismiss that raises interesting issues of federal diversity jurisdiction and Connecticut state law. For the reasons that follow, the motion to dismiss is denied.
I. FACTS
Accepting the factual allegations of the complaint as true, as the Court must, Scheuer v. Rhodes, 416 U.S. 232, 236, 94 S.Ct. 1683, 1686, 40 L.Ed.2d 90 (1974), the following facts are relevant for the purposes of the motion to dismiss.
On January 16, 1981, plaintiff Frederick Carpentino, a Connecticut citizen, was injured while…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Massey v. Armco Steel Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1983
- Federal Trade Commission v. Sperry & Hutchinson Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Unruh v. Truck Insurance ExchangeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1972
- Conaway v. PrestiaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- Billie J. Atkinson v. Gates, McDonald & CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
- L. Cohen & Co., Inc. v. Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.District Court, D. Connecticut · 1986
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