{"id":234,"date":"2015-12-02T09:02:35","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T15:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.masstortlawyerblog.com\/?p=234"},"modified":"2018-04-23T11:35:38","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T16:35:38","slug":"federal-court-remands-case-to-state-court-for-failure-to-prove-amount-in-controversy-under-cafa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/federal-court-remands-case-to-state-court-for-failure-to-prove-amount-in-controversy-under-cafa\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Court Remands Case to State Court for Failure to Prove Amount in Controversy Under CAFA"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a recent case filed in the Northern District of California,\u00a0Gyorke-Takatri v. Nestle USA, Inc.<\/em>, the court concluded that a party to a class action case who seeks removal to a federal court must offer\u00a0sufficient admissible evidence to show that there is an adequate jurisdictional basis for removal. The underlying case involved a plaintiff’s allegations about the defendant’s Gerber Graduates Puffs product, which bears a label depicting a variety of fruit and vegetables. The plaintiffs sought\u00a0to represent a class of in-state consumers who claim that these images were misleading by leading\u00a0consumers to believe the products were healthier than they actually are.\u00a0Ultimately, based on its conclusion, the Northern District of California granted<\/a> the plaintiff’s motion to remand.<\/p>\n

In their motion for remand, the plaintiffs alleged that the defendant failed to meet its burden, which required it to show by a preponderance of the evidence that the amount in controversy in the case exceeded five million dollars. This requirement is part of the federal Class Action Fairness Act (“CAFA”), 28 U.S.C. 1332(d). In order to prove that the amount in controversy requirement under CAFA has been satisfied, the party must show that the total amount of damages sought in the lawsuit, exclusive of attorneys’ fees, costs, and interest, exceeds five million dollars.<\/p>\n

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In a recent case filed in the Northern District of California,\u00a0Gyorke-Takatri v. Nestle USA, Inc., the court concluded that a party to a class action case who seeks removal to a federal court must offer\u00a0sufficient admissible evidence to show that there is an adequate jurisdictional basis for removal. 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