MEMORANDUM

R. BARCLAY SURRICK, District Judge.

Presently before the Court is Plaintiff's Motion to Remand. (ECF No. 4.) For the following reasons, Plaintiff's Motion will be denied.

I. BACKGROUND

On September 2, 2015, Plaintiff Kathleen Meyers suffered serious injuries as a result of an automobile accident with an underinsured motorist. The underinsured motorist was determined to be at fault, and the underinsured motorist's insurance company provided Plaintiff the maximum liability coverage, in the amount of $15,000. (Compl. ¶ 9, Notice of Removal Ex. A, ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff suffered harm in excess of $15,000, and therefore filed a claim for underinsured motorist benefits with her insurance provider, Defendant State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company. (Id. ¶ 11.) Defendant denied Plaintiff's claim for underinsured motorist benefits. (Id. ¶ 12.) Plaintiff filed a Complaint in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, asserting two claims against Defendant: recovery of the underinsured motorist benefits (Count I), and bad faith pursuant to 42 Pa. C.S.A. § 8371 (Count II).

On August 4, 2017, Defendant removed the case to this Court. Defendant asserts that this Court has diversity jurisdiction over the case pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332. On August 10, 2017, Plaintiff filed the instant Motion to Remand and Answer to Defendant's Notice of Removal. (Mot. to Remand, ECF No. 4.) On August 11, 2017, Defendant filed a Response and Memorandum in Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion. (ECF No. 7.)

II. LEGAL STANDARD

"[A]ny civil action brought in a State court of which the district courts of the United States have original jurisdiction, may be removed by the defendant or the defendants, to the district court of the United States for the district and division embracing the place where such action is pending." 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a). A defendant may remove a civil action to a district court in cases where "the matter in controversy exceeds the sum or value of $75,000, exclusive of interest and costs, and is between . . . citizens of different States." 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a). Removal statutes "are to be strictly construed against removal and all doubts should be resolved in favor of remand." In re Briscoe, 448 F.3d 201, 217 (3d Cir. 2006) (quoting Batoff v. State Farm Ins. Co., 977 F.2d 848, 851 (3d Cir. 1992)).

III. DISCUSSION

Plaintiff argues that this case does not meet the amount in controversy requirement because she seeks less than $75,000 in damages. Plaintiff contends that although the Complaint seeks damages "in [an] amount greater than $50,000," the actual amount in controversy "while potentially greater than $50,000, is less than $75,000." (Mot. to Remand 3.) Defendant argues that a reasonable reading of the Complaint demonstrates that Plaintiff seeks to recover at least $100,000 in damages. Defendant contends that the amount in controversy requirement is met "based upon the aggregate amount of Plaintiff's claims against State Farm in excess of $100,000 plus attorney's fees and punitive damages since each Count (I-II) states a district [sic] cause of action against State Farm." (Notice of Removal ¶ 8.)

In determining whether a case meets the amount in controversy requirement, the Third Circuit has held that "the amount in controversy is not measured by the low end of an open-ended claim, but rather by a reasonable reading of the value of the rights being litigated." Angus v. Shiley Inc., 989 F.2d 142, 146 (3d Cir. 1993) (citations omitted). A district court must "properly ma[ke] an independent appraisal of the value of the claim" based on the allegations in the complaint, if "the complaint does not limit its request for damages to a precise monetary amount." Id.; see also Samuel-Bassett v. Kia Motors America, Inc., 357 F.3d 392, 398 (3d Cir. 2004) ("In removal cases, determining the amount in controversy begins with a reading of the complaint filed in the state court."). A district court must remand a case to state court "if it appears to a legal certainty that the plaintiff cannot recover the jurisdictional amount." Frederico v. Home Depot, 507 F.3d 188, 197 (3d Cir. 2007) (emphasis in original); see also Samuel-Bassett, 357 F.3d 397 ("[T]he rule for determining whether the case involves the requisite amount as whether from the face of the pleadings, it is apparent, to a legal certainty, that the plaintiff cannot recover the amount claimed. . . ." (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)).

Here, Plaintiff did not limit the amount of damages in the Complaint to less than $75,000. Rather, Plaintiff did not allege that the amount in controversy is less than $75,000 until she filed her response to the Notice of Removal and her Motion to Remand. As the case law requires, we will only consider the value of her claims based on the allegations in the Complaint.1

In her Complaint, Plaintiff alleges that she was struck by an underinsured motorist, and that she suffered serious bodily injuries as a result of the collision. (Compl. ¶ 5.) These injuries include:

(Id. ¶ 8.) In addition, Plaintiff's Complaint states that "[t]he underinsured motorist coverage applicable to Plaintiff's claim in this matter is $25,000/$50,000." (Id. ¶ 3.) In Count I, Plaintiff seeks damages "in a sum in excess of Fifty Thousand Dollars" for recovery of the underinsured motorist benefits. (Id. ¶ 13.) In addition to the underinsured motorist benefits, Plaintiff also seeks damages in Count II pursuant to her bad faith claim "in a sum in excess of Fifty Thousand Dollars." (Id. ¶ 21.)

Based upon an independent appraisal of the allegations in these two counts, we can determine to a legal certainty that Plaintiff can recover damages well in excess of $75,000. Plaintiff's Complaint undoubtedly satisfies the amount in controversy requirement. Accordingly, we have jurisdiction over this case pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a).

IV. CONCLUSION

For the foregoing reasons, Plaintiff's Motion to Remand will be denied.

An appropriate Order follows.