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HAPP v. CORNING, INC.

No. 06-1324.

466 F.3d 41 (2006)

ROBERT D. HAPP, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. CORNING, INC. and CORNING NETOPTIX, INC., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

October 20, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary C. Crossen with whom Rubin and Rudman, LLP was on brief for appellant.

Jonathan Sablone with whom Michael L. Cornell and Nixon Peabody LLP were on brief for appellees.

Before Boudin, Chief Judge, Selya, Circuit Judge, and Schwarzer, Senior District Judge.

BOUDIN, Chief Judge.

This appeal, involving issues of indemnification and duress, arises out of easily described events. From 1995 to 2000, Robert Happ served as a director of Galileo (later renamed NetOptix), a company that has now become a subsidiary of Corning, Inc. During his service as a director, Happ was covered by provisions, common in modern corporations, providing indemnification for Happ for liability he might incur on account of directorship.

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