Anna Bowman and Doris Bowman v. The Home Life Insurance Company of America

GOODRICH, Circuit Judge.

This case is hero for the second time. The facts are stated in the original opinion, Bowman v. Home Life Ins. Co., 3 Cir., 1957, 243 F.2d 331. In that decision we sent the case back to the district court and a second trial was had resulting in a verdict for the defendant. The trial judge filed an opinion, D.C.E.D.Pa.1958, 159 F.Supp. 701, and the plaintiffs appeal.

The case has to do with the liability of the employer insurance company for the acts of its field underwriter who, masquerading as a physician, took liberties with the female plaintiffs which were highly…