Dino Iacaponi v. New Amsterdam Casualty Company, a Corporation

OPINION OF THE COURT

The appellant, plaintiff below, was seriously injured in an industrial accident. The appellee, as insurer of the appellant’s purported employer, induced the appellant to sign a “workmen’s compensation agreement” which subsequently defeated appellant’s effort to recover as an “independent contractor” in a negligence action he brought against his purported employer in a state court. Alleging that the insurance company induced him to sign the “workmen’s compensation agreement” by fraud, the appellant has brought this diversity action against the insurance company for damages.

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