Lederman v. Marriott Corp.

MEMORANDUM ORDER

VINCENT L. BRODERICK, District Judge.

I

This tragic case involves the rape on January 7,1990 of a customer of a bar maintained in a Marriott Corporation (“Marriott”) hotel in Westchester. Insofar as can now be as-eertained, plaintiff visited the bar and accompanied a former employee of Marriott to the hotel parking lot, leading to subsequent assault, robbery and rape. 1

At this preliminary stage, the case presents several procedural issues involving the administration of the diversity of citizenship jurisdiction of the federal courts under 28 U.S.C. § 1332 and the removal…