Dotson v. Daniel International Corp.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

NEESE, District Judge.

This is a removed, 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a), diversity, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1332(a)(1), (c), tort action for damages for wrongful death by a minor claiming to be the next-of-kin of her decedent the late Mr. David O. C. Dodson. The proposed intervenor a minor-female, claims also to be a next-of-kin of such decedent. It is undisputed that, if the applicant for intervention is a next-of-kin of such decedent, she is illegitimate.

Tennessee law provides the rules of decision herein. 28 U.S.C. § 1652. As presently applicable, the law of descent and distribution of…