IACAPONI v. NEW AMSTERDAM CASUALTY COMPANY

No. 16259.

379 F.2d 311 (1967)

Dino IACAPONI, Appellant, v. NEW AMSTERDAM CASUALTY COMPANY, a Corporation.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided June 23, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Alan Sherman, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellant.

William C. Walker, Pittsburgh, Pa. (Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, Pittsburgh, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

Before HASTIE and SEITZ, Circuit Judges and BODY, District Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM.

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...

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