Legal Opinion
Robertsen v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided February 12, 1979No. Civ. A. 78-233PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
BLATT, District Judge.
Plaintiff instituted this action seeking actual and punitive damages from his own insurer for an alleged bad faith refusal of the insurer to pay first party personal injury protection benefits provided in the contract of insurance. Defendant has filed a motion to dismiss on the ground that the required jurisdictional amount is not present in this case, a motion that, apparently simple on its face, casts this court into a difficult jurisdictional and jurisprudential inquiry.
BACKGROUND
Plaintiff’s son was injured while riding his bicycle and, as a result of such…
2Cases cited57 opinions
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- Burford v. Sun Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- Milcarek v. Nationwide Ins. Co.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1983
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