Golden v. Dodge-Markham Co., Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding that the preponderance of the evidence standard applied where a plaintiff’s ad damnum clause only made general demands for certain types of relief and did not specify a dollar amount
• concluding plaintiff’s pre-suit settlement demand letter was not an “honest assessment of damages”
• “Defendant has not persuaded this Court that Plaintiffs settlement demand was an honest assessment of damages.”
• “[F]or the purpose of establishing the amount in controversy, the sum claimed by the plaintiff controls if the claim is apparently made in good faith.”
• “Generally, defendants can use demand letters, as ‘other paper’ under 28 U.S.C. § 1446(b), to determine whether a case is removable.”
• “Plaintiffs ad damnum clause does not specify any dollar amount, it merely makes a general demand for certain types of relief.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Addo v. Globe Life & Accident Insurance
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-10-16· cited 149×
• Jackson v. Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc.
  S.D. Alabama· 2009-07-31· cited 94×
• Devore v. Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
  M.D. Florida· 2009-09-28· cited 17×
• Ponce v. Fontainebleau Resorts, LLC
  S.D. Florida· 2009-07-13· cited 3×

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Saint Paul Mercury Indemnity Co. v. Red Cab Co.
  Supreme Court· 1938-02-28· cited 3,971×
• Jacqueline Burns v. Windsor Insurance Co.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1994-09-13· cited 933×
• Tapscott v. MS Dealer Service Corp.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1996-03-20· cited 477×
• Charlie Gaitor v. Peninsular & Occidental Steamship Company, Blue Steamship Company, and Shaw Brothers Shipping Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1961-03-24· cited 172×
• Griffin v. Holmes
  E.D. North Carolina· 1993-12-20· cited 40×
• Broderick v. Dellasandro
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1994-07-25· cited 30×
• Golden Apple Management Co. v. GEAC Computers, Inc.
  M.D. Alabama· 1998-01-13· cited 30×
• Sunburst Bank v. Summit Acceptance Corp.
  S.D. Mississippi· 1995-03-09· cited 18×
• Standridge v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
  N.D. Georgia· 1996-09-18· cited 12×
• Stramel v. GE Capital Small Business Finance Corp.
  E.D. Texas· 1997-02-28· cited 10×
• Progressive Specialty Insurance v. Nobles
  M.D. Alabama· 1996-04-12· cited 6×
• Action Orthopedics, Inc. v. Techmedica, Inc.
  M.D. Florida· 1991-03-11· cited 4×