Opinion
2:23-CV-00963
07-06-2023
ANTHONY SMITH, Plaintiff, v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, a foreign corporation; DOES I-X; AND ROE CORPORATIONS I-X, inclusive, Defendants.
LERNER & ROWE INJURY ATTORNEYS Joseph F. Schmitt, Esq. Attorneys for Plaintiff. THORNDAL ARMSTRONG, PC Philip Goodhart, Esq. Attorneys for Defendant.
LERNER & ROWE INJURY ATTORNEYS Joseph F. Schmitt, Esq. Attorneys for Plaintiff.
THORNDAL ARMSTRONG, PC Philip Goodhart, Esq. Attorneys for Defendant.
STIPULATION AND ORDER TO REMAND CASE TO EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
Plaintiff ANTHONY SMITH (“Plaintiff'), by and through his counsel of record, Joseph F. Schmitt, Esq., of LERNER & ROWE INJURY ATTORNEYS, and Defendant STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (“Defendant”), by and through its counsel of record, Philip Goodhart, Esq. of THORNDAL ARMSTRONG, PC, hereby stipulate that Plaintiff will not seek damages in excess of Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($75,000.00), including, without limitation, attorney's fees, costs, and interest. As a result, the parties hereby stipulate this case does not meet the requirements for federal jurisdiction based on diversity of citizenship under 28 U.S.C. § 1332.
Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to the remand of this matter to the Eighth Judicial District Court for further proceedings without the award of sanctions to either party.
IT IS SO STIPULATED.
ORDER
Pursuant to the stipulation of the parties, IT IS ORDERED that this matter is hereby remanded to the Eighth Judicial District Court for further proceedings.
IT IS SO ORDERED.