[I_Like_Spam]

$75,000 dollars????????

She either has a bad lawyer or a bad case, this should be in the millions.

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The local story in the P-G on this states Ms. Needham is suing for “more than” $75,000. “more than” was apparently edited out.

There are a lot of local lawsuits that like to phrase it in this way- might have something to do with Pennsylvania tort law and the way the papers are drawn up.

[Vigilanteman]

Correct. I did a Quit-Claim deed for "$10 and other valuable consideration." The purpose of said wording is to throw blood hounds off the trail. It is very common in this Commonwealth.

We have a wonderful number of archaic laws. Just as a couple of examples:

1. Marriages in Centre County are recorded in Orphan's Court documents, a leftover from illegitimate children produced by Penn State students.
   
2. State run liquor stores, a leftover from prohibition.

[Cboldt]

There is an element of federal jurisdiction under "diversity" (parties from more than one state) that requires the claimed/potential damages to be more than $75,000. $75 grand or less and the plaintiff only has recourse through a state court system.