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ADDO v. GLOBE LIFE AND ACC. INS. CO.

No. 99-60277.

230 F.3d 759 (2000)

Alice ADDO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GLOBE LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 16, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Deakle, Paul Bryant Caston (argued), Deakle Law Firm, Hattiesburg, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Rowland W. Heidelberg, III (argued), James Garfus Thornton (argued), Heidelberg, Sutherland & McKenzie, Hattiesburg, MS, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before JONES, DUHÉ and WIENER, Circuit Judges.

EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

The determinative question before us is whether an insurance company timely removed a case from state court over a $5,000 life insurance policy when it received a letter, after the case was filed, indicating that plaintiff would seek damages exceeding the federal jurisdictional minimum. Finding that the removal petition was untimely, we must vacate a summary judgment for the insurer and remand with instructions to remand to state court...

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