Legal Opinion
Henry W. Petty v. General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corporation, Ltd., and Potomac Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 22, 1966No. 15699_1PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
HASTIE, Circuit Judge.
The complaint in this diversity action undertook to assert a claim for libel under New Jersey law. It appears that the plaintiff Petty is an architect. He and his partner Croft, together with various other persons who participated in the construction of a building, had been sued in the Superior Court of New Jersey by a workman who alleged that the negligence of the defendants in planning and constructing the building had caused him serious physical injury. The present defendants are two insurance companies which jointly had insured Petty and Croft…
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