James Michie v. Great Lakes Steel Division, National Steel Corporation

EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.

This is an interlocutory appeal from a District Judge’s denial of a motion to dismiss filed by three corporations which are defendants-appellants herein. The District Court certified that the appeal presented a controlling issue of law and this court granted leave to appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b) (1970).

Appellants’ motion to dismiss was based upon the contention that each plaintiff individually had failed to meet the requirement of a $10,000 amount in controversy for diversity jurisdiction set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (1970). 1

The facts in this matter, as alleged in…