Sara Torres v. AT and T Mobility Services LLC et al.

Summary

The Central District of California denied Sara Torres’s motion to remand an employment-related action removed from state court by AT&T. The court held that diversity jurisdiction existed because the amount in controversy exceeded $75,000 based on the plaintiff’s claimed lost wages alone. The court therefore did not address other categories of damages.

Holdings

1. The amount in controversy exceeded $75,000 because the plaintiff's alleged lost wages alone were at least $90,641.88 at the time of removal.
2. Remand was not warranted because defendant established by a preponderance of the evidence that the amount-in-controversy requirement for diversity jurisdiction was satisfied.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the amount in controversy exceeded $75,000 for purposes of diversity jurisdiction and removal under 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a).
2. Whether the defendant established the amount in controversy by a preponderance of the evidence based on the plaintiff's alleged lost wages.

Disposition

denied