District Court, D. Maryland December 3, 1998, CIV. S-98-1017 (Rassa v. Rollins Protective Services Co.)

MEMORANDUM OPINION

SMALKIN, District Judge.

The defendants, Rollins Protective Services Company and Rollins, Inc., have filed a motion to dismiss this case under Rule 12(b)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, contending that the plaintiffs, Cornelius and Irene Rassa, cannot recover in excess of the jurisdictional minimum required in a fed-' eral diversity action.