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PETTY v. GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE & LIFE ASSURANCE CORP.

No. 15699.

365 F.2d 419 (1966)

Henry W. PETTY, Appellant, v. GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE & LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, Ltd., and Potomac Insurance Company.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided July 22, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Davis, Jr., Mount Holly, N. J., for appellant.

John J. Gaffey, Newark, N. J. (Gaffey, Webb & McDermott, Newark, N. J., on the brief), for appellees.

Before McLAUGHLIN, HASTIE and FREEDMAN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

HASTIE, Circuit Judge.

The complaint in this diversity action undertook to assert a claim for libel under New Jersey law. It appears that the plaintiff Petty is an architect. He and his partner Croft, together with various other persons who participated in the construction of a building, had been sued in the Superior Court of New Jersey by a workman who alleged that the negligence of the defendants in planning and constructing the building...

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