Legal Opinion
McDonald v. Blue Jeans Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 28, 1960PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
McGOHEY, District Judge.
This is a motion by the defendant Blue Jeans Corporation for leave to file a third party complaint.
On March 12, 1955, Nicholas McDonald, an infant, was severely burned when the fringes of a cowboy suit he was wearing caught fire. The infant’s mother as his guardian ad litem commenced an action against Blue Jeans Corporation, the manufacturer of the suit, on March 4, 1957. The McDonalds being citizens of Maryland and Blue Jeans being a New York corporation, jurisdiction of that action rested on the diverse citizenship of the parties. In December, 1958, Blue Jeans filed…
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