Legal Opinion
Margolies v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 22, 1992No. Civ. A. 92-3607PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GAWTHROP, District Judge.
This case raises an interesting question in an area of frequent recurrence in this forum: divining the meaning of an insurance policy.
Plaintiffs sustained water damage to some personal property when their water heater broke, burst, or exploded on April 23, 1991. Plaintiffs filed a claim on their insurance policy with defendant. The parties were unable to agree on the amount of compensation to be paid by defendant to plaintiffs, and plaintiffs filed this diversity suit, Erie —bound to the law of Pennsylvania, on May 13, 1992. Plaintiffs allege three causes of…
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- Regina Polselli Rudolph R. Polselli (Intervenor-Plaintiff in d.c.) v. Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company. Regina PolselliCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1997
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