SCALI, McCABE, SLOVES, INC. v. NORTH RIVER INS. CO.

No. 80 Civ. 7112 (RWS).

532 F.Supp. 203 (1981)

SCALI, McCABE, SLOVES, INC., Plaintiff, v. The NORTH RIVER INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant.

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

June 30, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, for plaintiff; Lewis A. Kaplan, Paul A. Weissman, New York City, of counsel.

Morris, Graham, Stephens & McMorrow, Jericho, N. Y., for defendant; Maurice Carrion, Jericho, N. Y., of counsel.


OPINION

SWEET, District Judge.

This is a diversity action by Scali, McCabe, Sloves, Inc. ("Scali") against The North River Insurance Company ("North River") seeking compensatory and punitive damages under an insurance policy ("the policy") in which the latter agreed to indemnify and defend the former against certain actions for damages in libel. Scali's claim here involves its defense of a libel action brought against it in state court in 1976, Dictaphone...

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