Legal Opinion
Shan Fu v. Reed
District Court, M.D. Georgia
Decided April 9, 2014No. 5:12-CV-494 (CAR)Published
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS
C. ASHLEY ROYAL, Chief Judge.
Before the Court is Defendant Lisa Marie Reed’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ *1373claim for punitive damages. Having considered the Motion and the applicable law, Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss [Doc. 14] is DENIED.
LEGAL STANDARD
On a motion to dismiss, the Court must accept as true all well-pleaded facts in a plaintiffs complaint.1 To avoid dismissal pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), “a complaint must contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to ‘state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face.’…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Ashcroft v. IqbalSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
- Bell Atlantic Corp. v. TwomblySupreme Court of the United States · 2007
- Sinaltrainal v. Coca-Cola CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2009
- Amey, Inc., and John C. Amis, Jr. v. Gulf Abstract & Title, Inc., Amey, Inc., and John C. Amis, Jr. v. Gulf Abstract & Title, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- Colonial Pipeline Co. v. BrownSupreme Court of Georgia · 1988
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