JAFFE v. BOYLES

No. CIV-84-379C.

616 F.Supp. 1371 (1985)

Sidney L. JAFFE and Ruth M. Jaffe, Plaintiffs, v. Stephen L. BOYLES, Accredited Surety & Casualty Co., Francis L. Giles, William Hatch, Timm Johnsen, Daniel J. Kear, Joseph C. Miller, Glenn E. Norris, Clyde E. Shoemake, Hank M. Snow, Jr., and Louis R. Stark, Defendants.

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

August 27, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Covington & Burling (James C. McKay, of counsel), and Jan Schneider, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. of State of Fla. (Kent A. Zaiser, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel), Tallahassee, Fla., for defendants Boyles, Hatch, Norris, Shoemake, and Stark.

Rumberger, Kirk, Caldwell, Cabaniss & Burke (Francis M. McDonald, Jr., of counsel), Orlando, Fla., for defendants Accredited Surety & Cas. Co., Johnsen, Kear, and Snow.

Hurwitz & Fine (Theodore J. Burns, of Counsel), Buffalo, N.Y., for defendant Giles.


CURTIN, Chief Judge.

This is a most unusual case, involving claims of secret meetings, bounty hunting, and kidnapping across international borders.

Plaintiffs are Sidney L. Jaffe and his wife, Ruth M. Jaffe. Defendants are a Florida bonding company, Accredited Surety & Casualty Co.; its president, Hank M. Snow, Jr.; two of its agents, Timm Johnsen and Daniel J. Kear (collectively referred to as the bonding...

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