Sunday, January 17, 2010

Can a Plaintiff sue for Negligence on different cases in different acts in Federal Court in MI?

Best answer receives the points.Can a Plaintiff sue for Negligence on different cases in different acts in Federal Court in MI?
Of course, as long as





A) There was in fact a legitimate claim in each case, and


B) The Federal courts are the correct jurisdiction to hear the case.





If the acts are related, however, they should be filed as a single case.





RichardCan a Plaintiff sue for Negligence on different cases in different acts in Federal Court in MI?
ordinarily, federal courts do not handle regular negligence cases as there is no issue of federal law. If you want to know all there is about what causes of action must be joined in a single action, there are several fine books on civil procedure available at your local law library.
Yes... if the plaintiff and defendant (for the negligence case) are from different states and the amount in controversy is is more than $75k. That is called ';diversity of citizenship subject matter jurisdiction 1332.'; They can't just attach any old negligence case on another federal lawsuit unless they share the same nucleus of operative facts though.

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