Legal Opinion
Allison v. Security Benefit Life Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 3, 1992No. 91-3488PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs appeal the district court’s1 dismissal of their diversity action against Security Benefit Life Insurance Company (“SBL”) for lack of subject matter jurisdiction because each plaintiff’s amount in controversy is less than $50,000. We affirm.
The seeds of this dispute were sown in 1984 when SBL, a Kansas-based life insurer, acquired the stock of First Pyramid Life Insurance Company of America (“FPL”), a'n Arkansas-based life insurer, with the approval of the Arkansas Insurance Commissioner (“Arkansas Commissioner”). Following the acquisition, SBL sold off some FPL…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Saint Paul Mercury Indemnity Co. v. Red Cab Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Zahn v. International Paper Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Bell v. Preferred Life Assurance SocietySupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Broadway Arms Corp.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1984
- William R. Burns, on Behalf of Himself and as Representative of the Class Herein Defined v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
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