O'Brien Watters & Davis, LLP v. Hanover Insurance Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
O'BRIEN WATTERS & DAVIS, LLP, Case No. 21-cv-06006-PJH Plaintiff,
v. ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
REMAND
HANOVER INSURANCE COMPANY, Re: Dkt. No. 8 Defendant.
13 Plaintiff’s motion to remand came on for hearing before this court on October 14, 2021. Plaintiff appeared through its counsel, George Keller. Defendant appeared through its counsel, Stephen Ellingson. Having read the papers filed by the parties and carefully considered their arguments and the relevant legal authority, and good cause appearing, the court hereby GRANTS the motion for the following reasons. Under 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a)(1), federal courts have original jurisdiction over civil actions “where the matter in controversy exceeds the sum or value of $ 75,000 . . . and is between . . . citizens of different States.” If a plaintiff’s complaint “demands monetary relief of a stated sum, that sum, if asserted in good faith, is deemed to be the amount in …