PRINCE v. TRUSTEES OF UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

Civ. A. No. 38248.

282 F.Supp. 832 (1968)

Barbara PRINCE, Administratrix c.t.a. of the Estate of Robert J. Reilley, Deceased v. The TRUSTEES OF the UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, a corporation and American Cyanamid Company and Tenneco Chemicals, Inc.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

Amended Order February 29, 1968.

Amendment To Order February 29, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milton M. Borowsky, of Freedman, Borowsky & Lorry, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Henry W. Sawyer, II, of Drinker Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia, Pa., for University of Pa.

F. Hastings Griffin, Jr., of Dechert, Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, Pa., for American Cyanamid Co. and Tenneco Chemicals, Inc.


OPINION AND ORDER

BODY, District Judge.

Two separate motions involving different defendants are presently before the Court. First, the defendant Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania [hereinafter "University"] have moved to dismiss this wrongful death and survival action on the sole ground that plaintiff's claim for damages against them cannot, as a legal certainty, reach the jurisdictional amount required in all diversity actions. 28 U.S.C. Section...

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