Legal Opinion
Holly D. Swayze v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 30, 2015No. 2014-C -1899PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEIMER, Justice.
| ,This matter addresses the “amount in dispute” which determines subject matter jurisdiction of a city court with a jurisdictional limit of $30,000. After filing suit, plaintiff settled with the tortfeasor and the tortfeasor’s liability insurer for $25,000, leaving only plaintiffs claim against her uninsured motorist insurer. The issue to be determined is whether following the dismissal of the settling defendants, the city court had jurisdiction over plaintiffs claim against her uninsured motorist insurer to the full extent of that court’s $30,000 jurisdictional limit. Stated…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Everything on Wheels Subaru, Inc. v. Subaru South, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
- Hoefly v. Government Employees Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
- Williams v. Sewerage & Water Bd. of NOSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
- Trahan v. Liberty Mutual Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
- Benoit v. Allstate Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 2000
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Swayze v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2015
- Ewell J. Gaspard, Et Ux. v. Usaa Casualty Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2017