Karen Kovacs v. Stanley Chesley

OPINION

ROGERS, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Karen Kovacs appeals the district court’s order dismissing this case for lack of federal diversity jurisdiction for failure to meet the $75,000 amount in controversy requirement of 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a). Because Kovacs has established that the amount in controversy in this case is over $75,000, the judgment of the district court is reversed and the case remanded for further proceedings.

The underlying cause of action in this case is legal malpractice. The action was filed on January 8, 2003, following the dismissal on ripeness grounds of an earlier action.…