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· 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

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

  • 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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