Zaragoza v. Auto-Owners Insurance Company

• Court: District Court, S.D. Ohio
• Decided: August 20, 2025
• Docket: 3:25-cv-00096
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO WESTERN DIVISION AT DAYTON

ANGELA ZARAGOZA,

Plaintiff, Case No. 3:25-cv-96

vs.

AUTO-OWNERS District Judge Michael J. Newman INSURANCE COMPANY, Magistrate Judge Peter B. Silvain, Jr.

Defendant. ______________________________________________________________________________ ORDER: (1) GRANTING THE PARTIES’ UNOPPOSED, JOINT MOTION TO REMAND THIS CASE TO STATE COURT (Doc. No. 17); (2) REMANDING THE CASE TO THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR CLARK COUNTY, OHIO; (3) DENYING DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS AS MOOT (Doc. No. 8); AND (4) TERMINATING THIS CASE ON THE DOCKET ______________________________________________________________________________ Plaintiff Angela Zaragoza initiated this case in the Court of Common Pleas for Clark County, Ohio. Doc. No. 1-1 at PageID 5. On March 25, 2025, Defendant Auto-Owners Insurance Company removed the case to this Court, asserting diversity jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. § 1332(a). Doc. No. 1 at PageID 1-3; see 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a). This case is presently before the Court upon the parties’ unopposed, joint motion to remand this case to state court. Doc. No. 17. In their motion, the parties agree “the amount in controversy claimed is $31,843.03.” Id. at PageID 115. Based upon the Court’s review of the record, in addition to the parties’ unopposed, joint motion, the Court finds the above $75,000 amount-in-controversy requirement of diversity jurisdiction is not met. See Stryker Emp. Co., LLC v. Abbas, 60 F.4th 372, 380-81 (6th Cir. 2023). The Court therefore (1) GRANTS the parties’ unopposed, joint motion to remand this case to state court due to lack of subject matter jurisdiction; (2) REMANDS this case to the Court of Common Pleas for Clark County, Ohio; (3) DENIES AS MOOT Defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings (Doc. No. 8); and (4) TERMINATES this case on the docket. IT IS SO ORDERED. August 20, 2025 s/Michael J. Newman Hon. Michael J. Newman United States District Judge