· 6/4/1993
Willard J. Rosenboro v. Dr. Andrew Kim
Citations
- 994 F.2d 13
- 301 U.S. App. D.C. 286
- 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 13174
- 1993 WL 186018
How courts have described this case
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- noting that by raising the amount-in-controversy requirement, Congress has increased the burden that plaintiffs bear
- stating that “the claims of multiple plaintiffs may not be aggregated” to satisfy the amount-of-controversy requirement for diversity jurisdiction
- Concluding to a legal certainty that the plaintiff's claim did not satisfy the amount-in-controversy requirement, because of a \total lack of medical findings\ supporting her alleged injuries
- explaining that a party claiming diversity jurisdiction “must produce evidence supporting a legal uncertainty about whether she could prove” that her damages exceed the jurisdictional threshold
- Concluding to a legal certainty that the plaintiff’s claim did not satisfy the amount-in-controversy requirement, because of a “total lack of medical findings” supporting her alleged injuries
- “Estimating the maximum potential value of unliquidated damage claims is an inexact science at best.”
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Judges: Wald, Buckley, Williams
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