Legal Opinion

Volunteer Firemen's Insurance Services v. Cigna Property & Casualty Insurance Agency

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 7, 1997No. 792PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CAVANAUGH, Judge.

This is an appeal from a final decree which enjoined Cigna Property and Casualty Insurance Company (“CIGNA”)1 from: (!) competing with Volunteer Firemen’s Insurance Service, Inc. (“VFIS”)2; (2) directly or indirectly soliciting, selling or issuing a voluntary property/casualty policy to any volunteer fire business for a period of three years; and (3) directly or indirectly using, disclosing or retaining any trade secrets or confidential information of VFIS. After careful review, we affirm.

Beginning in 1969, Arthur Glatfelter, chairman of the Glatfelter Insurance Group,…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. United States v. Topco Associates, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Gibbs v. ErnstSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  3. Morgan's Home Equipment Corp. v. MartucciSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
  4. Palmer v. BRG of Georgia, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1990
  5. Lektro-Vend Corp. v. Vendo Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Victaulic Co. v. TiemanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2007
  2. Nick Dardovitch v. Mark S. Haltzman, Esquire Catherine A. Backos, as Trustees of Glenn Eagle Square Equity Assoc. Trust Glenn Eagle Square Equity Associates, Inc., Mark S. Haltzman, in No. 98-1421 Nick Dardovitch v. Mark S. Haltzman, Esquire Catherine A. Backos, as Trustees of Glenn Eagle Square Equity Assoc. Trust Glenn Eagle Square Equity Associates, Inc., Mark S. Haltzman, in No. 98-1422 Nick Dardovitch in No. 98-1452 v. Mark S. Haltzman, Esquire Catherine A. Backos, as Trustees of Glenn Eagle Square Equity Assoc. Trust Glenn Eagle Square Equity Associates, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1999
  3. Nicholas, J. v. Hofmann, D.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
  4. Tenos v. State Farm InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  5. Dardovitch v. HaltzmanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1999

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