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PALMER v. HOSPITAL AUTHORITY OF RANDOLPH COUNTY

No. 93-8619.

22 F.3d 1559 (1994)

Jerry PALMER, as surviving spouse of Paulette Palmer, deceased; Jerry Palmer, as administrator and personal representative of the estate of Paulette Palmer, deceased; Jerry Palmer, as the sole surviving parent of Unborn Infant Palmer, deceased; and Jerry Palmer, as the personal representative and next friend of Unborn Infant Palmer, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HOSPITAL AUTHORITY OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, a Georgia public corporation, d/b/a Patterson Hospital, Defendant, John G. Bates, M.D.; John G. Bates, M.D., P.C., a professional corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 21, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Neal Pope, R. Timothy Morrison, Wade H. Tomlinson, Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick & Morrison, Atlanta, GA, Steven Saccoccia, Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick & Morrison, Decatur, GA, Teresa Pike Majors, Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick & Morrison, Atlanta, GA, for appellants.

Jesse Groover Bowles, III, Cuthbert, GA, Robert C. Martin, Jr., C. Morris Mullin, Columbus, GA, for appellees.

Before ANDERSON and BIRCH, Circuit Judges, and ATKINS, Senior District Judge.

BIRCH, Circuit Judge:

This case addresses a challenge by plaintiffs-appellants to the district court's dismissal of all claims against defendants-appellees for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. We agree with the district court that diversity was lacking in this case. We find, however, that the district court had the power, under 28 U.S.C. § 1367(a), to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over the state-law claims against appellees, despite the dismissal of...

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