Beverly Beja v. Willa J. Jahangiri, Robert L. Guy and Carlton E. Byrne

ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

On August 30, 1968, Beverly Beja, a citizen and resident of New York, was injured when the automobile in which she was riding was involved in a four-car collision in California. She instituted this negligence action in the Bronx County, New York, Supreme Court against the owners and operators of the other three vehicles and sought to obtain jurisdiction over two of these defendants, Willa and Mansour Jahangiri, who are citizens and residents of California, by attaching their insurer, Farmers Insurance Group (Farmers) in New York. 1 The Jahangiris removed the case to…