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PORTER v. AMERICAN OPTICAL CORP.

No. 78-1953.

641 F.2d 1128 (1981)

Charles J. PORTER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. AMERICAN OPTICAL CORP. and Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company, Defendants-Appellants, v. AETNA LIFE & CASUALTY INSURANCE CO., and Continental Insurance Co., Defendants-Appellees, American Motorists Ins. Co., Intervenor-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 8, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul V. Cassisa, Metairie, La., Frank J. Peragine, New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellants.

M. H. Gertler, James H. Looney, New Orleans, La., for Charles J. Porter.

Allen R. Fontenot, New Orleans, La., for Aetna Ins.

W. K. Christovich, New Orleans, La., for Continental Ins.

Thomas E. Betz, Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton, Norman & Mollison, Michael R. Gallagher, Alan M. Petrov, Cleveland, Ohio, for Insurance Co. of North America, amicus curiae.

Richard A. Epstein, Chicago, Ill., Ben Louis Day, Baton Rouge, La., for Federal Ins. Co. and Fireman's Ins. Co., amicus curiae.

Lewis Herman, New York City, for Philip Alan Froude and Leslie Eric Kemp, amicus curiae.

Jerold Oshinsky, Anderson, Russell, Kill & Olick, New York City, Sidney L. Shushan, New Orleans, La., for Keene Corp., amicus curiae.

Mary Ann D'Amato, Mendes & Mount, New York City, for John Basil, Thomas Bird and certain underwriters, amicus curiae.

Gerald V. Weigle, Jr., Cincinnati, Ohio, amicus curiae.

Thomas M. Nosewicz, New Orleans, La., Christopher C. Mansfield, Charles R. Parrott, Boston, Mass., for Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., amicus curiae.

Before COLEMAN, REAVLEY and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

COLEMAN, Circuit Judge.

The gravity of this case for the parties concerned, including the novelty of the issues presented with reference to insurance coverage, has inspired prolonged consideration and reconsideration, to the end that an appropriate disposition might be made.

I. The Nature of the Litigation

This diversity action was originally brought by Charles J. Porter, now deceased, for damages...

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