PURITAN INS. CO. v. EAGLE S.S. CO. S.A.

No. 85-7320.

779 F.2d 866 (1985)

PURITAN INSURANCE COMPANY, American Druggists Insurance Company, Utah Home Fire Insurance Company and Assurances Generales de France, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. EAGLE STEAMSHIP COMPANY S.A., Earle Shipping Company, Ltd., Myrapal Freighters Corp., Duchess Shipping Company, Ltd., Lyras Shipping, Ltd. and Thomas E. Leeds Company, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided December 18, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Speyer, New York City (Margaret M. O'Neill, Speyer, Thurm, Perlberg & Heller, New York City, on brief), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert P. Lewis, New York City (Allan J. Graf, Irene Savidis, Hill, Betts & Nash, New York City, on brief), for defendants-appellees Eagle Steamship Co. S.A., Earle Shipping Co., Ltd., Duchess Shipping Co., Ltd., and Lyras Shipping, Ltd.

Philip J. Walsh, New York City (Richard P. Byrne, Eric M. Kornblau, Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, New York City, on brief), for defendant-appellee Thomas E. Leeds Co., Inc.

Before FEINBERG, Chief Judge, and KEARSE and CARDAMONE, Circuit Judges.


KEARSE, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiff insurance underwriters Puritan Insurance Company, et al. (the "insurers"), appeal from a final judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, entered after a bench trial before Kevin Thomas Duffy, Judge, dismissing their action for damages and a declaration that certain insurance written by plaintiffs was void on account of defendants' nondisclosures of material facts in their...

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