Legal Opinion
Kaufmann v. Service Trucking Co.
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided March 16, 1956No. 8657PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSZEL C. THOMSEN, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff’s decedent, a citizen of Illinois, was killed in Virginia as the result of a collision between her automobile and a truck leased to and operated by defendant, a Maryland corporation. Her domiciliary administrator, appointed in Illinois, has sued defendant in this court under the Virginia Wrongful Death Act, Code of Virginia, 1950, Title 8, secs. 8-633 to 8-640, as amended, basing jurisdiction on diversity of citizenship. Defendant has moved to dismiss the complaint on the ground that under the provisions of sec. 3(c) of Article 67 of the Annotated Code…
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3Cited by12 opinions
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