COOPER SPORTSWEAR v. HARTFORD CAS. INS.

Civ. A. No. 91-1895 (WGB).

818 F.Supp. 721 (1993)

COOPER SPORTSWEAR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff, v. HARTFORD CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant. HARTFORD CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Third-Party Plaintiff, v. James PAGNOTTA, Third-Party Defendant.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

February 23, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn A. Jacobson, Fort Lee, NJ, for plaintiff.

Bigham, Engler, Jones & Houston by Thomas R. Pattison, Newark, NJ, for defendant and third-party plaintiff.

Walder, Sondak, Berkeley & Brogan, P.A. by Barry A. Kozyra, Roseland, NJ, for third-party defendant.


OPINION

BASSLER, District Judge:

The defendant, Hartford Casualty Insurance Company, ["Hartford"] moves for summary judgment under Fed.R.Civ.P. 56. The Court grants the motion because the insured's undisclosed knowledge of the offending employee's dishonesty, prior to Hartford's issuance of its policy insuring against employee dishonesty, entitles it to disclaim coverage.

I. BACKGROUND

Hartford issued a comprehensive dishonesty, disappearance...

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