Legal Opinion

Leticia Valdez v. Allstate Insurance Company, an Illinois Corporation Allstate Indemnity Co., an Illinois Corporation

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided June 22, 2004No. 03-16253PublishedCited by 595 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WALLACE, Senior Circuit Judge:

Leticia Valdez appeals from a summary judgment granted in favor of Allstate Insurance Company (Allstate) on her claim under Arizona tort law for breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealing. Be cause the record does not indicate whether the district court properly exercised diversity jurisdiction, we remand.

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On December 22, 1997, Valdez’s automobile collided with a vehicle driven by Velvet Sanchez in Yuma, Arizona. After collecting the limit of Sanchez’s insurance, Valdez sought to recover an additional $15,000 from Allstate pursuant to her automobile…

2Cases cited7 opinions

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  4. Richard M. Sanchez v. Monumental Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
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