Legal Opinion
Freeland v. Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 4, 2011No. 10-3038PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
THAPAR, District Judge.
This insurance coverage case arises out of a tragic car accident. Despite the resources that have been invested in litigating this action, we must dismiss it to start anew in state court because the amount in controversy is one penny short of our jurisdictional minimum.
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The plaintiffs-appellants, John and Betty Freeland, loaned their Pontiac Trans Sport minivan to their son, John Freeland, Jr., and his family. On March 7, 2007, Free-land, Jr. was driving the minivan with his wife and three children in the car when he ran a red light and struck a police cruiser in…
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