Legal Opinion
Jacobson v. Atlantic City Hospital
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided October 24, 1966No. Civ. A. No. 680-66PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COHEN, District Judge:
In this malpractice action against a hospital and two physicians, the defend-, ant Atlantic City Hospital attacks the jurisdiction of this court and moves to dismiss the complaint as directed against it.
Plaintiff invokes jurisdiction on the basis of diversity of citizenship and jurisdictional amount.1 His complaint is directed against defendant, Atlantic City Hospital, acting through its agents and employees, for its alleged negligent failure in preventing decedent’s fall from his hospital bed to the floor on July 24th, 1964 resulting in his death thereafter on…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- King v. Order of United Commercial Travelers of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Collopy v. Newark Eye and Ear InfirmarySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1958
- Brown v. MooreCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1957
- Nolan v. Transocean Air LinesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Jacobson v. Atlantic City HospitalCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
- Jacobson v. Atlantic City HospitalCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
- Young v. MalcolmDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1983
- Smith v. Maryland Casualty Co.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1968
- Union Bank & Trust Co. v. McDonald (In re Daniels)District Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1982