Central District of California remands a pro se eye-injury suit against Amazon, holding that even allegations of permanent blindness — without quantification of damages — cannot satisfy the $75,000 amount-in-controversy requirement, and denies the plaintiff’s motion for sanctions.
Central District of California denies remand of a wrongful-termination suit by a former Walmart warehouse worker who took medical leave for cancer treatment, holding that lost wages alone — calculated as 2.5 years of back pay plus 2.5 years of front pay — exceed the federal $75,000 amount-in-controv
Central District of California grants an unopposed motion to dismiss three labor claims as preempted by the National Labor Relations Act, then grants the plaintiff’s motion to remand the remaining state-law claims for lack of any remaining federal hook.
Central District of California denies remand of an Amazon discrimination suit, holding that a plaintiff cannot defeat federal jurisdiction by submitting a post-removal stipulation capping damages or by relying on the affirmative defense of mitigation.
Central District of California affirms denial of supplemental security income, holding that the ALJ provided clear and convincing reasons for partially discrediting the claimant’s back-pain testimony where the medical record contained no documentation of the alleged 2018 car accident or any treatmen
Central District of California reverses denial of child’s insurance benefits and SSI, holding the ALJ failed to articulate clear and convincing reasons for discounting the claimant’s testimony about severe fatigue and remanding for a fresh symptom-testimony analysis.
Central District of California denies remand of a Song-Beverly lemon-law suit, holding that a complaint pleading no dollar figures did not start the 30-day removal clock and that GM properly removed after its own investigation showed the amount in controversy.
Central District of California denies remand of a Song-Beverly transmission-defect suit, holding the complaint did not affirmatively reveal removability and that GM properly removed after investigating the vehicle’s purchase price and repair history.
Central District of California denies remand of a lemon-law case over a used 2021 Chevrolet Tahoe, holding that GM established the federal amount in controversy through Kelly Blue Book pricing, statutory offsets, and the maximum two-times Song-Beverly civil penalty.
Central District of California denies remand of a Cadillac CT5 lemon-law suit, holding that vehicle price plus the maximum two-times Song-Beverly civil penalty placed roughly $153,936 in controversy and that GM removed timely after no qualifying paper triggered the 30-day clock.