Alice T. Kiernan v. Agency Rent a Car, Inc.

Alice Kiernan brought this diversity action against Agency Rent-A-Car seeking a declaratory judgment that she was entitled to recover from Agency as a duly certified self-insurer for injuries she suffered when the rental car in which she was a passenger collided with another car. The district court held that under Virginia insurance law, the law applicable to this case, Kier-nan could recover no more than $25,000, and that consequently she failed to allege an amount in controversy exceeding $50,-000, as required by 28 U.S.C.A. § 1332 (West Supp.1990). Accordingly, the district court dismissed…