Legal Opinion
Chang v. Northwestern Memorial Hospital
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided November 3, 1980No. 79 C 141PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
GRADY, District Judge.
Plaintiff, a Taiwanese national, has brought this medical malpractice action against Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Dr. Robert Turner. Jurisdiction is based on diversity of citizenship. Defendants have filed a motion to dismiss, alleging that plaintiff is not a citizen of a “foreign state” recognized by the United States for purposes of diversity jurisdiction. In addition, it is argued that this court should refuse to hear this case under the doctrine of abstention, since an identical lawsuit was subsequently filed in state court. We will deny the…
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