Removal Of COVID-19 Suit By Senior Home Was Premature Without Amount In Controversy

( September 23, 2024, 11:30 AM EDT) -- CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — In a lawsuit filed by the estate of a woman who died in a senior living facility during the COVID-19 pandemic alleging negligence on the part of the facility, a New York federal judge granted the estate’s motion to remand to state court because the amount in controversy was not stated or otherwise determinable, thereby nullifying diversity jurisdiction....