Annie Wiggins v. North American Equitable Life Assurance Company

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• noting that under Maryland law, punitive damages are not available on purely contractual claims in evaluating whether the amount in controversy was met
• recognizing dismissal is appropriate where it appears to a legal certainty that the jurisdictional amount cannot be recovered
• “Ordinarily the jurisdictional amount is determined by the amount of the plaintiffs original claim, provided that the claim is made in good faith.”
• no punitive damages ever allowed under Maryland law for breach of contract; therefore, insufficient amount in controversy
• “Ordinarily the jurisdictional amount is determined by the amount of the plaintiff's original claim, provided that the claim is made in good faith.”
• “Ordinarily the jurisdictional amount is determined by the amount of the plaintiff's original claim, provided that the claim is made in good faith.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).