PAVELKA v. CARTER

No. 92-1887.

996 F.2d 645 (1993)

Alice J. PAVELKA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Susan R. CARTER; Montgomery County, Maryland, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 9, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Berkley Carson, Carson & Jones-Bateman, Baltimore, MD, argued (John B. Jones-Bateman, on brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Patricia P. Hines, Associate County Atty., Rockville, MD, argued (Joyce R. Stern, County Atty., Joann Robertson, Sr. Asst. County Atty., on brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before ERVIN, Chief Judge, and HALL and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:

Alice Pavelka appeals from a grant of partial summary judgment against her and the dismissal of the remainder of her automobile negligence action against Susan Carter and Montgomery County, Maryland for lack of sufficient amount in controversy to maintain diversity jurisdiction. Because the district court erred in holding that governmental immunity barred recovery against the defendants of amounts in excess of $30,000, we...

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