United States Fifth Circuit

Complete diversity was lacking in a suit for damages after a nursing home death where, even though plaintiff was acting in the best interests of her deceased husband when she moved him to a convalescent center located in Texas, for purposes of diversity jurisdiction, the deceased was a Texas domiciliary at the time of his death.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/16/2003
• Published 06/16/2003

Judges

• KING, Chief Judge:, Before KING, Chief Judge, DAVIS, Circuit Judge, and VANCE, District Judge.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Russell Hardin, Jr., Joe Mac Roden (argued), Rusty Hardin & Associates, Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees., Gary Douglas Welch (argued), James Lawrence Wharton, Lindsay Broome Nickle, Jones, Flygare, Brown & Wharton, Lubbock, TX, for Defendants-Appellants.