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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Declaratory Judgement

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

SOUTHERN DIVISION

ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY, )

 )

Plaintiff, )

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v. ) CIVIL ACTION 15-0306-WS-B

 )

GREG KENNEDY BUILDER, INC., )

et al., ) 

 )

Defendants. )

 ORDER

In response to the Court’s sua sponte questioning of its subject matter 

jurisdiction, (Doc. 27), the plaintiff has filed a second amended complaint 

specifying that the individual defendant has at all relevant times been a citizen 

(and not merely a resident) of Alabama. (Doc. 30). The plaintiff has also filed a 

demand letter from counsel for the underlying plaintiff, which communicates an 

offer to settle for $1 million. (Doc. 31-1). While the superficiality of the letter 

makes it difficult to accept that figure as the amount in controversy, the letter 

details over $100,000 in medical bills and attaches a hospital bill (dated prior to 

the filing of this action) for over $80,000. (Id. at 5-6). The Court concludes that 

the monetary value of the benefit that would flow to the plaintiff from a 

declaration that it owes its insured no duty to indemnify against the underlying 

plaintiff’s damages would thus exceed $75,000 and that subject matter jurisdiction 

therefore exists. Should the defendants wish to dispute the Court’s conclusion, 

they are ordered to file and serve a fully briefed motion to remand on or before 

October 30, 2015, failing which the case will remain in this forum. 

DONE and ORDERED this 19th day of October, 2015.

s/ WILLIAM H. STEELE

CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

Case 1:15-cv-00306-WS-B Document 32 Filed 10/19/15 Page 1 of 1