Legal Opinion
James Wyper, Jr. v. Providence Washington Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 1, 1976No. 439, Docket 75-7347PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GURFEIN, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiff-appellant, a former employee and president of the Providence Washington Insurance Company, sued the company in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, for breach of contract. He claimed that the company improperly failed to award him a pension of $20,000 a year for life which he was entitled to because he had allegedly become, while in its employ, physically and mentally incapacitated through the disease of alcoholism. Jurisdiction rests on diversity of citizenship. 28 U.S.C. § 1332. Appellee pleaded the general issue with the…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Joe B. Driver v. Arthur Hinnant, Superintendent Halifax County Prison Unit of the North Carolina State Prison DepartmentCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
- James Paul Brasher v. Anthony J. Celebrezze, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
- Amory H. Bradford v. The New York Times CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- Gitelson v. Du PontNew York Court of Appeals · 1966
- Partick Edwin Golden, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross v. Kentile Floors, Inc., Defendants-Appellants-CrossCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- Henry A. Gehrhardt v. General Motors CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
- Rivera v. PatinoDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1981
- Amory v. Boyden Associates, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1976
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