Legal Opinion
Pacific Indemnity Co. v. Linn
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 27, 1985No. Nos. 84-1444, 84-1445, 84-1461, and 84-1462PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ALDISERT, Chief Judge.
These complex appeals arise from a declaratory judgment action brought by Pacific Indemnity Company (Pacific) to determine which insurance company, if any, must defend and indemnify claims against Robert Linn, D.O., which have been or may be asserted on behalf of persons who read Dr. Linn’s book, The Last Chance Diet, followed the diet program recommended in the book, and consequently suffered personal injury or death. We are called upon to apply general principles of Pennsylvania insurance law in this diversity action to claims of malpractice,…
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- Universal Minerals, Inc. v. C. A. Hughes & Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
- Gedeon v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
- Cadwallader v. New Amsterdam Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
- SWARB Et Al. v. LENNOX Et Al.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by95 opinions
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