Legal Opinion
Ingersoll-Rand Equipment Corp. v. Transportation Insurance
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 5, 1997No. Civil Action 3:CV-97-248PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
CALDWELL, District Judge.
This is a legal malpractice case, brought by Plaintiff, Ingersoll-Rand Equipment Corp. (“Ingersoll-Rand”), against Defendants, Transportation Insurance Co. (“Transportation Insurance”), and attorney James M. Scanlon and the law firm of Scanlon, Howley, Scanlon and Doherty (collectively, “Scanlon”). Before us is Transportation Insurance’s motion to dismiss.
I. Background
In August of 1989, a well drilling vehicle, owned and operated by Ingersoll-Rand, damaged a house owned by Lynn and Leah Decker. The Deckers sued Ingersoll-Rand for negligence on May 80,1990.…
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- Harvey Thomas Smoot, Jr. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Redevelopment Authority of Cambria County v. International Insurance Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
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