Legal Opinion
Maude Sprinkle, Wife of and A. Fred Sprinkle v. Farm Bureau Insurance Companies, Crawford & Company, Adjusters and Pete E. Thomas
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 12, 1974No. 73-1269PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
On December 26, 1970, plaintiffs-appellants, Maude and Fred Sprinkle, elderly residents of North Carolina, were injured in an automobile accident near Covington, Louisiana. On February 2, 1972, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (1970), they filed suit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana against Farm Bureau Insurance Companies, Crawford and Company, Adjusters, and Pete E. Thomas. Defendants answered, and moved to dismiss the complaint on grounds of prescription under Louisiana law. After hearing oral argument from counsel for both sides,…
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