FULTON v. WHITE CAB CO.

Civ. A. No. 69-608.

305 F.Supp. 1333 (1969)

Mrs. Frances FULTON, divorced wife of Clarence Wood, Plaintiff, v. WHITE CAB CO., Inc., Marathon Insurance Co., Lloyd Hebert, Stonewall insurance Co., David Hebert, Allstate Insurance Co., and Morris Gamberella, Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

October 27, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Rainold, Malcolm E. Ziegler, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

Ernest L. O'Bannon, New Orleans, La., for White Cab Co., Marathon Insurance Co., and Morris Gamberella.

Alexander C. Cocke, Jr., New Orleans, La., for defendants Lloyd Hebert and David Hebert.


RUBIN, District Judge:

This motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdictional amount calls for an interpretation of the statute granting federal district courts jurisdiction over diversity cases, 28 U.S.C.A. § 1332. Application of the jurisdictional statute depends, in turn, on a determination of the relationship between insurer and insured under the Louisiana Direct Action Statute, LSA-R.S. 22:655 (Supp.1966).

Clarence Wood was killed in a collision between...

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