Legal Opinion
Brooklyn Law School v. The Aetna Casualty and Surety Company and Aetna Life & Casualty, Defendants
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 24, 1988No. 550, Docket 87-7527PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:
Brooklyn Law School brought suit in November 1984 in the Eastern District, under diversity jurisdiction, against Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, its insurer, to recover $315,000 in damages suffered in defending five suits prosecuted against the School, its trustees, its faculty, and its students, by William Herrmann, a former professor at the School. Herrmann brought these suits in response to bitter salary disputes with the School that culminated in academic charges against him, a faculty hearing, and his expulsion from his tenured teaching position on September 17,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Seaboard Surety Co. v. Gillette Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1984
- International Paper Co. v. Continental Casualty Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1974
- Herrmann v. MooreCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
- Mary & Alice Ford Nursing Home Co. v. Fireman's Insurance of NewarkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
- Mary & Alice Ford Nursing Home Co., Inc. v. Fireman's Ins. Co. of Newark, New JerseyNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Hecla Mining Co. v. New Hampshire Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1991
- City of Johnstown, New York v. Bankers Standard Insurance Company, Pacific Employers Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1989
- Kelly v. L.L. Cool J.District Court, S.D. New York · 1992
- Northland Casualty Co. v. HBE Corp.District Court, M.D. Florida · 2001
- New York v. BlankCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994
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