Legal Opinion
Garrison v. Jackson National Life Insurance
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided July 23, 2012No. Civil Action No. 2:11-CV-00327-WCOPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
WILLIAM C. O’KELLEY, Senior District Judge.
The captioned case is before the court for consideration of defendant’s “Motion to Dismiss” [4].
I. Procedural History
On December 20, 2011, plaintiff filed this class action under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (“CAFA”), Pub.L. No. 109-2,119 Stat. 4 (codified in various parts of 28 U.S.C., including § 1332(d)). CAFA grants a federal district court original jurisdiction over a “class action” if: (1) the amount in controversy exceeds $5,000,000, exclusive of interest and costs, 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d)(2); (2) at least one plaintiff is diverse…
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