PURNELL v. CITY OF AKRON

No. 89-3969.

925 F.2d 941 (1991)

Norman PURNELL, Administrator of the Estate of Armstead Land, a/k/a Armstad Land, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF AKRON, et al., Defendants, v. Damon CAMPBELL; Carissa Campbell, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided February 13, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward L. Gilbert (argued), Akron, Ohio, for plaintiff-appellee.

Paul R. Reiners, Carol A. Costa (argued), Canton, Ohio, for appellants.

Before KENNEDY and MILBURN, Circuit Judges, and ENGEL, Senior Circuit Judge.


ENGEL, Senior Circuit Judge.

The appellants, Damon and Carissa Campbell, claim they are illegitimate offspring of Armstead Land and therefore entitled as a matter of right to intervene in a wrongful death action brought under Ohio law by the administrator of the estate of Mr. Land. The specific question raised on appeal is whether it was proper for the district judge to deny the petition to intervene without notice and without following through on his earlier determination...

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