MERITCARE INC. v. ST. PAUL MERCURY INS. CO.

No. 98-3032.

166 F.3d 214 (1999)

MERITCARE INCORPORATED; Meritcare Ventures, Inc.; Quinlan Medical, Inc., Appellants, v. ST. PAUL MERCURY INSURANCE COMPANY.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided January 25, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence E. Flatley (Argued), Joseph W. Klein, Courtney C.T. Horrigan, Reed Smith Shaw & McClay, LLP, Pittsburgh, PA, for Appellants.

Ronald B. Hamilton (Argued), John J. Dwyer, Cozen and O'Connor, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellee.

Before: McKEE, RENDELL, and WEIS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

WEIS, Circuit Judge.

In this diversity case, we conclude that a plaintiff with claims less than the jurisdictional amount may not invoke supplemental jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1367 where a co-plaintiff's more substantial ones meet the requisite amount. We also decide that the District Court correctly held that the meaning of "collapse" in a property insurance policy requires a caving in or falling in of a structure and that...

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