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MARTIN v. STOKES

No. 78-3390.

623 F.2d 469 (1980)

Diane C. MARTIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Nelson STOKES t/a Nelson Stokes Garage and Allen R. Lisenby, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided June 19, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey H. Krasnow, Roanoke, Va., for plaintiff-appellant.

Burke B. Terrell, Hardy, Terrell & Boswell, Paducah, Ky., for defendants-appellees.

Before CELEBREZZE, KEITH and BROWN, Circuit Judges.

BAILEY BROWN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents the intriguing but difficult question of what state law should be applied in this diversity action originally commenced in a federal district court in Virginia and subsequently transferred to a federal district court in Kentucky.

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The plaintiff, Diane C. Martin, was injured in an automobile accident at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky on August 2, 1973. The other vehicle was driven by Allen R. Lisenby, a minor...

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