United States First Circuit

In a tort action alleging that Don King Productions acted negligently in seizing plaintiff's automobile in execution of a court judgment notwithstanding a defect in the execution warrant, and in failing to return the vehicle promptly when the court vacated the warrant, the district court's dismissal of the action and judgment for defendant, based on its finding that plaintiff had failed to establish a causal connection between the defendant's actions and her injury, is vacated and the suit dismissed for lack of federal jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. section 1332, because it is a legal certainty that the "matter in controversy [does not] exceed[] the sum or value of $75,000."

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/18/2011
• Published 02/18/2011

Judges

• LEVAL

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel