Legal Opinion
Howard v. Greenwood Credit Union
Superior Court of Rhode Island
Decided February 12, 2010No. C.A. No. PB 07-0928Published
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION
Before this Court is a motion to dismiss pursuant to Super. R. Civ. P. Rule 12(b)(1) based upon lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The movant, Defendant Greenwood Credit Union ("Greenwood"), claims Plaintiffs have failed to meet the $5,000 minimum jurisdictional amount in controversy requirement for Superior Court actions under G.L. 1956 § 8-2-14. Felicia Howard and Michael Hamel (collectively, "Plaintiffs"), individually and on behalf of a yet-to-be-certified class of persons similarly situated, filed an amended class-action complaint ("Complaint") against the Defendant seeking…
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