Legal Opinion
Whisenhunt v. Sylvania Corp.
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided October 2, 1987No. CIV-82-793EPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM and ORDER
ELFVIN, District Judge.
This wrongful death action arises out of an accident in which J.W. Whisenhunt (“Whisenhunt”) was killed and which occurred October 20, 1979 in the County of Allegany in the Western District of New York. Jurisdiction is premised on diversity of citizenship.
Defendants Wilson, J.L. Henderson, Sr. and Evelyn J. Henderson allegedly own real property through which defendant The Sylvania Corporation (“Sylvania”), a Pennsylvania corporation doing business in New York, had obtained an easement. Allegedly, Sylvania and defendants National Fuel Gas Supply…
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