Legal Opinion
James v. Three Notch Medical Center
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided June 5, 1997No. Civil Action 96-T-1371-NPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
MYRON H. THOMPSON, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff Arthur James, personal representative of decedent Gladys Victoria Hooks, brings this wrongful death lawsuit, pursuant to § 6-5-410 of the 1975 Alabama Code, against defendants Three Notch Medical Center, J.F. Maddox and Joanne M. Smith. He invokes the diversity-of-citizenship jurisdiction of this court under 28 U.S.C.A § 1332. James is a citizen of Florida and all defendants are citizens of Alabama. Defendants contend that jurisdiction is improper, and that James, as personal representative of Hooks, must assume Hook’s Alabama…
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