Legal Opinion
Chatzicharalambus v. Petit
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided January 6, 1977No. Civ. A. No. 76-351PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, District Judge.
The question presented by this motion is whether an alien, suing under the federal diversity-alienage jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a)(2), is entitled to jury trial of a tort claim against a state sheriff’s department, a state officer, his deputy, and their insurer.
On November 21, 1975, an automobile owned by the St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Department and operated by its deputy, Allen Petit, struck and killed a pedestrian, Kosmas Chatzicharalambus, who was a citizen of Greece. His Greek parents filed this tort action against Deputy Petit; Julius Sellers,…
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