LEIDESDORF v. FIREMAN'S FUND INS. CO.

No. 78 Civ. 4665.

470 F.Supp. 82 (1979)

Arthur D. LEIDESDORF, Plaintiff, v. FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY, North River Insurance Co., Royal Globe Insurance Co., and St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

March 30, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank A. Weg, New York City, for plaintiff; Ira M. Myers, New York City, of counsel.

Bingham, Englar, Jones & Houston, New York City, for defendants; James M. Hughes, Stephen M. Marcusa, New York City, of counsel.


OPINION

EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.

Plaintiff Arthur Leidesdorf insured his art collection against risks of loss or damage through insurance contracts issued by the four defendant companies. In the early part of 1978 Leidesdorf sought payment from the insurance companies, based upon his allegation that a large part of his collection had been converted by Alan Baer, who had been employed by plaintiff to catalogue and photograph his collection and to...

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