ELDRIDGE v. RICHFIELD OIL CORPORATION

Civ. A. No. 64-1389-IH.

247 F.Supp. 407 (1965)

Donald W. ELDRIDGE, Plaintiff, v. RICHFIELD OIL CORPORATION, a corporation, Defendant. RICHFIELD OIL CORPORATION, a corporation, Third-Party Plaintiff, v. S. P. CARR and A. T. & L. Truck Lines, Third-Party Defendants. S. P. CARR, Counter-Claimant, v. RICHFIELD OIL CORPORATION, a corporation, Counter-Defendant.

United States District Court S. D. California, Central Division.

November 18, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Veatch, Thomas, Carlson & Dorsey, Chase, Rotchford, Downen & Drukker, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant.

Garibaldi & Lane, Los Angeles, Cal., for intervenor.

Bolton, Groff & Dunne, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant, S. P. Carr.


IRVING HILL, District Judge.

The Court must and does grant Defendant's Motion to Dismiss the instant action for lack of diversity. In so doing, I recognize that injustice may result, i. e. that Plaintiff may now be without a remedy for serious personal injuries. A brief summary of the facts which led to this unhappy result is in order.

It appears from the Complaint and the Pre-Trial Order that Plaintiff was an employee of a contract carrier engaged in hauling...

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