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Originally Posted by arrwheader
I agree with you EXCEPT shes only seeking 75k..........
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People make this mistake every time a civil claim is filed in federal court.
Federal diversity jurisdiction [layman - right to file with the federal court] requires by statute that the amount in controversy exceed $75K.
It's a boilerplate PLEADING requirement, that weeds out small and insignificant claims [layman - you can't take your neighbor to federal court for breaking your garden gnome].
So the $75K is just a threshold. The 'actual' damages will be developed in discovery and both the actual damages and the merit of punitive damages will be argued in a trial. It's not a specific dollar amount the plaintiff is bound by [except to prove that the value of the matter exceeds it].
She can still seek millions, billions, . . . bajillions, eventually.