Plaintiff in Fraud Suit Asks Court to Deny Google's Removal to Federal Court

Damages in plaintiff Samantina Zenon’s fraud lawsuit against Reckon Media and Google are “in the range of $25,000," not the $75,000 required to remove the case from state to federal court under 28 U.S.C. Section 1332, said her counsel, Alfred Constants, in a letter (docket 1:23-cv-10352) Wednesday to U.S. Magistrate Judge Gary Stein for the Southern District of New York requesting that the court deny Google's Monday removal from New York City Civil Court. “Notwithstanding her other damages, including loss of professional career, the damages are in the range of $25,000,” Constants said. "There is nothing in the complaint that Google can manufacture such a result of value to remove this case from state court to federal court,” Constants said. Zenon is suing Google for allowing a “fake company,” Reckon Media's Wikipedia Professional Inc., to use its platform to “scam people,” the complaint alleges (see 2311280021). Zenon paid $2,800 to Wikipedia Professional to help her create a Wikipedia page, but the page was never approved, the complaint said.