Legal Opinion
Frederick v. Hartford Underwriters Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 28, 2012No. 12-1161PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUCERO, Circuit Judge.
Larry D. Frederick brought a putative class action suit against Hartford Underwriters Insurance Company (“Hartford”) in Colorado state court; Hartford removed the case to federal court. Looking to the face of the plaintiffs complaint, the district court concluded that the amount in controversy did not exceed $5,000,000 — which is required for federal jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act (“CAFA”), 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d). Accordingly, the district court remanded the case to state court. In reaching its decision, the district court acknowledged that this circuit…
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