Westchester Fire Insurance Co. v. Continental Insurance Companies
| Decision Date | 29 May 1974 |
| Citation | 319 A.2d 732,65 N.J. 152 |
| Parties | WESTCHESTER FIRE INSURANCE CO. et al., Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. The CONTINENTAL INSURANCE COMPANIES, New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Co., Defendants-Appellants, and Motor Club Fire & Casualty Co., Jackie W. Eisner, etc., Defendants-Respondents. Elmer Richard POTENT, Guardian Ad Litem for Richard M. Potent, an infant, et al., Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. Jackie W. EISNER et al., Defendants-Respondents. |
| Court | New Jersey Supreme Court |
On appeal from the Superior Court, Appellate Division, whose opinion is reported at 126 N.J.Super. 129, 312 A.2d 664(1973).
Richard D. Catenacci, Newark, for defendant-appellantNew Jersey Mfrs. Ins. Co.(McElroy, Connell, Foley & Geiser, Newark, attorneys).
William M. Lake, Trenton, for defendant-appellantContinental Ins. Co.(Dietrich, Stockman & Lake, Trenton, attorneys).
Gerald Kaplan, Morristown, for defendant-respondentMotor Club Fire & Casualty Co., and Eisner, etc., (Lieb, Teich & Berlin, Morristown, attorneys; Jerome S. Lieb, Morristown, on the brief).
Edward B. Meredith, Trenton, for plaintiffs-respondentsWestchester Fire Ins. Co. and Holcombe, (Meredith, Meredith & Chase, Trenton, attorneys).
Gregory V. Hopkins, Trenton, for plaintiffs-respondents Potent, (Frank V. Walsh, Jr., Trenton, attorney).
The judgment is affirmed substantially for the reasons expressed by the Appellate Division.Westchester Fire Insurance Co., Richard B. Holcombe, Alice Holcombe and Wilbur S. Holcombe v. The Continental Insurance Companies New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Co., Motor Club Fire & Casualty Co., Jackie W. Eisner, etc., and Elmer Richard Potent, Guardian Ad Litem for Richard M. Potent, an infant, Elmer Richard Potent and ...
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