Legal Opinion
Pettit v. Consolidated Rail Corp.
District Court, N.D. Indiana
Decided May 20, 1991No. Cause S91-190MPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
MILLER, District Judge.
Plaintiff Carol Pettit objects to this case’s removal from the state court in which she filed it. She is a citizen of Indiana, and the defendant is a Pennsylvania corporation with its principal place of business in Pennsylvania. The amount in controversy exceeds $50,000.00; the state court complaint seeks damages of $1,000,-000.00. Accordingly, federal jurisdiction over the suit exists pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332, a point conceded by Ms. Pettit, who filed an identical complaint in this court, now pending as Cause No. S91-127S.
Ms. Pettit claims a…
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