LONG v. SASSER

No. 95-2947.

91 F.3d 645 (1996)

Freddy M. LONG, Guardian of the Estate of and person of Gilbert Venoy Long, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Charles G. SASSER, M.D.; J. Wilson, III, M.D., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 2, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Thomas Phillip Mains, Jr., Mains & Mains, L.C., Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellant. Steven Wayne Ouzts, Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, P.A., Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees.

Before WILKINSON, Chief Judge, MICHAEL, Circuit Judge, and MACKENZIE, Senior United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.


Affirmed by published opinion. Chief Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge MICHAEL and Senior Judge MACKENZIE joined.

OPINION

WILKINSON, Chief Judge:

Appellant Freddy M. Long brought this medical malpractice case on behalf of his ward, Gilbert Venoy Long, alleging federal jurisdiction based on diversity of citizenship. After Gilbert Long suffered a serious stroke, Freddy Long moved him to a nursing home in Virginia. Finding that the stroke...

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