Robison v. Castello

CHRISTENBERRY, District Judge.

This diversity suit was instituted to satisfy damages allegedly arising from an automobile accident that occurred in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, on the night of February 11, 1970. The subject of this ruling is a motion brought under rule 12(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., codefendant, to dismiss all claims against said insurance company for want of the jurisdictional amount required by 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (1964).

The facts in this case indicate that plaintiffs Melodie Robison and her minor children, John W.…