AGUILAR v. LOS ANGELES COUNTY

No. 83-6428.

751 F.2d 1089 (1985)

Bardomiano AGUILAR & Rosa Aguilar, etc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. LOS ANGELES COUNTY, L.A. County/U.S.C. Medical Center, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 15, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Manuel Hidalgo, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Martin Stein, Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Beverly Hills, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before DUNIWAY, FERGUSON, and NELSON, Circuit Judges.


NELSON, Circuit Judge:

Bardomiano and Rosa Aguilar appeal the dismissal of their medical malpractice action. The district judge based the dismissal on the Aguilars' failure to join an indispensable party, their son Jaime, whose joinder would defeat diversity jurisdiction. We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On August 2, 1983, appellants Rosa and Bardomiano Aguilar filed a medical malpractice suit against...

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