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ALKER v. INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA

Civ. A. No. 14023.

279 F.Supp. 902 (1968)

Edward C. ALKER, Plaintiff, v. INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, Defendant.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

February 12, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milton W. Janssen, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

Carl J. Schumacher, Jr., New Orleans, La., for defendant.

RUBIN, District Judge:

Jurisdiction of this case is based on diversity of citizenship. The statute1 conferring jurisdiction requires that the amount in controversy exceed $10,000. The defendant challenges the existence of jurisdiction.

The damages alleged are a mild strain of the variety known as a whiplash, resulting in "a painful injury to his neck whereby he was incapacitated for a week and one-half and suffering pain intermittently...

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