Legal Opinion
Parker v. Gordon
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 22, 1949No. 4431PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGRUDER, Chief Judge.
Charles Gordon filed in the court below a complaint in tort against Stanley W. Parker for loss of consortium. The amended complaint, which was in two counts, is set forth in the footnote. 1 Judgment was given for the plaintiff on a jury verdict, and defendant appeals.
Federal jurisdiction was invoked on the ground of diversity of citizenship, plaintiff being a citizen of Pennsylvania and defendant of Massachusetts. 2 Defendant moved for summary judgment on the. basis of a statute of Pennsylvania abolishing “all civil causes of action for alienation of affections of…
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