Legal Opinion
Roberts v. Wood
District Court, S.D. Alabama
Decided July 27, 1962No. Civ. A. 2449PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DANIEL HOLCOMBE THOMAS, District Judge.
Jurisdiction exists by virtue of diversity of citizenship in that plaintiff is a citizen of the state of Mississippi and defendant is a citizen of the state of Alabama and the amount sued on exceeds the sum of $10,000 exclusive of interest and costs.
Mrs. Roberts first visited Dr. Wood in 1953 at the suggestion of her family doctor in Mississippi. It was then determined that plaintiff had a diffuse toxic goiter and that an operation to remove a portion of her thyroid gland was necessary. As plaintiff was pregnant, this operation was not performed until…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Di Filippo v. PrestonSupreme Court of Delaware · 1961
- Sellers v. NoahSupreme Court of Alabama · 1923
- McKinnon v. PolkSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929
- Moore v. SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1927
- Snow v. AllenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Jerry W. Canterbury v. William Thornton Spence and the Washington Hospital Center, a Body CorporateCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Perin v. HayneSupreme Court of Iowa · 1973
- Swope v. PrintzSupreme Court of Missouri · 1971
- Rogers v. OkinDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1979
- Shetter v. RochelleCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1965
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