Court Asks Sua Sponte if Skippy PB Suit Worth $75K

A product defect suit alleging a man split a tooth while eating a sandwich made with Skippy peanut butter will return to state court unless the manufacturer and Wal-Mart show damages are more than the $75,000 minimum for federal diversity jurisdiction, a federal district court said June 1, bringing up the issue sua sponte.

Roger Benson alleges in his complaint that he suffered $200,000 in damages after he split a tooth and suffered nerve and bone damage from biting into a sandwich made with Skippy creamy peanut butter. According to Benson, a “hard nut shell-like foreign object” found its way ...