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CURTIS v. BEATRICE FOODS CO.

No. 78 Civ. 1316(MP).

481 F.Supp. 1275 (1980)

Gustavo G. CURTIS and Vera Curtis, Plaintiffs, v. BEATRICE FOODS COMPANY, Defendant.

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

January 4, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert M. Horowitz, New York City, and Diamond, Hallinan & Polacek by Leonard W. Diamond, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Kramer, Lowenstein, Nessen, Kamin & Soll by Geoffrey M. Kalmus, New York City, and Winston & Strawn by Terry M. Grimm, Chicago, Ill., and Payan, Camargo & Cia Abogados by Adolfo Urdaneta Wiesner, Bogota, Colombia, for defendant.

OPINION AND DECISION

POLLACK, District Judge.

PRELIMINARY

Gustavo G. Curtis, the manager of Industrias Gran Colombia, S.A., an industrial company incorporated in the Republic of Colombia and located in Bogota was kidnapped on Bogota's streets by terrorists on September 28, 1976 and held for ransom demanded from his company beyond its and his capacity to pay. Defendant Beatrice Foods, the parent company of the victim's employer, voluntarily undertook...

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