Legal Opinion
Lopez Nieves v. Marrero Vergel
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided September 23, 1996No. Civil 95-1116(GG)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
GIERBOLINI, Senior District Judge.
Pending before this court is defendants “Motion to Dismiss” for want of the jurisdictional amount. (Docket entry # 11). Plaintiff duly opposes. (Docket entry # 15).
After careful consideration of the parties arguments, the record and the applicable caselaw, we find that plaintiff has failed to meet the required burden of supporting her allegation of jurisdictional amount, which has been challenged by defendants. Hence, we GRANT defendants Motion to Dismiss.
BACKGROUND
On February 6, 1995 plaintiff Monserrate López Nieves filed the present tort…
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