Hartford Insurance Group v. Lou-Con Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the value of the 3 claim controls when there is a dispute about the applicability of the policy
• holding that policy limits are the amount where there is a dispute as to the entire policy, 2 but the value of the claim controls when there is a dispute about the applicability of the policy
• saying that as “the party invoking federal diversity jurisdiction” bears “the burden of establishing the amount in controversy by a preponderance of the evidence”
• noting that “when a claim exceeds the policy limits, the policy limits, rather than the larger value of the claim, determine the amount in controversy”
• noting the party invoking federal jurisdiction must establish the amount in controversy is above $75,000 by a preponderance of the evidence
• noting the party invoking federal jurisdiction must establish the amount in controversy is above $75,000 by a preponderance of the evidence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).