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NAT. LIFE INS. CO. v. HARTFORD ACC. & INDEM. CO.

No. 79-1981.

615 F.2d 595 (1980)

NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. HARTFORD ACCIDENT AND INDEMNITY COMPANY, a Connecticut Corporation; Great American Life Insurance Company, a New York Corporation; Seaboard Surety Company, a New York Corporation; and Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York, a New York Corporation.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided February 14, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Gallwey, III, Linda K. Huber, Shutts & Bowen, Miami, Fla., for appellant.

Donald C. Marino, Philadelphia, Pa., for Arnold Weiss, witness-appellee.

R. Owen Ricker, Jr., Bradford, Williams, McKay, Kimbrell, Hamann, Jennings & Kniskern, P. A., Miami, Fla., for appellee Great American Ins. Co.

Before GIBBONS, ROSENN and GARTH, Circuit Judges.

Submitted under Third Circuit Rule 12(6) January 7, 1980.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROSENN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal requires that we decide whether a witness under subpoena in a civil proceeding may validly exercise his fifth amendment privilege against self-incrimination by refusing to submit to any interrogation except for questions as to his name and business address. We hold that a witness in a civil proceeding may not invoke a blanket fifth amendment...

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