McDERMOTT v. TOYOTA MOTOR SALES CO., LTD.

Civ. No. 3-80-42.

487 F.Supp. 484 (1980)

Shannon McDERMOTT v. TOYOTA MOTOR SALES COMPANY, LTD., Toyota Automatic Loom Works, Ltd., Toyota Industrial Trucks, U.S.A., Inc., Allied Industrial Equipment, Inc.

United States District Court, E. D. Tennessee, N. D.

March 26, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas S. Scott, Jr., Knoxville, Tenn., for plaintiff.

J. W. Baker, Bruce A. Anderson, Knoxville, Tenn., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM

ROBERT L. TAYLOR, District Judge.

Jurisdiction for this products liability case is premised on diversity of citizenship. 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a). Without disputing our power to hear this case, defendants have moved this Court to exercise its discretion to decline to exercise jurisdiction. For the reasons stated herein, the motion is granted.

Plaintiff claims damages for personal injuries allegedly sustained when a forklift he was driving...

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