Estes et al v. State Farm Insurance Co et al

Filing 13

JURISDICTIONAL REVIEW RULING: The jurisdictional amount has been established in this case. Signed by Magistrate Judge Mildred E Methvin on 5/13/09. (crt,Smith, C)

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IN LAFM'ETTE

MAY 13 2009
TONY 13. mfl4R.E, CLERK DY__________
DEPUTY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE-OPELOUSAS DIVISION

HARDY ESTES REBECCA ESTES VS.

CIVIL ACTION NO. 08-C V-I85l

JUDGE HAIK

UNITED FIRE & CASUALTY CO. MAG1STRATE JUDGE METHYIN a/k/a United Fire Group CURTIS JACKSON BRYAN C. FOSTER, SR. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INS. CO. JURISDICTIONAL REVIEW RULING Defendant United Fire and Casualty Co+ removed this case from a local state court alleging that this court has diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332. The undersigned has reviewed the pleadings to determine whether the $75,000 jurisdictional amount has been met. Plaintiffs allege that Hardy Estes was injured on October 17, 2007 when a vehicle driven by defendant Curtis E. Jackson collided with his vehicle. Along with Jackson, plaintiffs name as defendants, Bryan C. Foster, Sr., the owner of the vehicle and his insurer, United Fire Lloyds, and his own uninsured motorist insurer, State Farm Ins. Co. Plaintiffs claim that, as a result of the accident, Hardy Estes sustained a ruptured cervical disc requiring surgical intervention, as well as various other injuries to muscles, ligaments, tendons, broken toes, and an aggravation of pre-existing low back conditions. In light of the foregoing, the undersigned concludes that the jurisdictional amount has been established in this case. Signed at Lafayette, Louisiana on 2009.

.ited States Magistrate Judge