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Rowena was born and raised in South Carolina. She was admitted to college in Georgia where she planned to get a degree in engineering before coming back to South Carolina to marry her high school sweetheart and work at her mother's company in South Carolina. While on the way to Georgia (but still in South Carolina), her car ran into Helga's. Helga had spent her entire life in North Carolina, but on the day of the accident, was going to the University of South Carolina to complete a 7 year doctoral program in astrophysics and then planned to pursue a job at whatever university in the western hemisphere that was hiring. Rowena sued Helga for $75,000 in federal court; on the day of suit, Rowena was in Georgia and Helga was in South Carolina. Is there diversity jurisdiction? Register your answer with your clicker.A.Yes because Rowena is domiciled in Georgia and Helga is domiciled in South Carolina.B.No because both Rowena and Helga are domiciled in South Carolina.C.No.D.Yes because Rowena is domiciled in South Carolina and Helga is domiciled in North Carolina.
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