Legal Opinion
Addo v. Globe Life & Accident Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 16, 2000No. 99-60277PublishedCited by 149 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
The determinative question before us is whether an insurance company timely removed a case from state court over a $5,000 life insurance policy when it received a letter, after the case was filed, indicating that plaintiff would seek damages exceeding the federal jurisdictional minimum. Finding that the removal petition was untimely, we must vacate a summary judgment for the insurer and remand with instructions to remand to state court.
Plaintiff-appellant Alice Addo submitted a claim as the beneficiary under her mother’s life insurance policy to…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Adam Frederick Chapman v. Powermatic, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
- Rodriguez v. SabatinoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
- Sunburst Bank v. Summit Acceptance Corp.District Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1995
- Rodgers v. Northwestern Mutual Life InsuranceDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1997
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