Westchester Fire Insurance Co. v. Continental Insurance Companies

• Decision Date: 29 May 1974
• Citation: Westchester Fire Insurance Co. v. Continental Insurance Companies, 319 A.2d 732, 65 N.J. 152 (N.J. 1974)
• 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

Page 152

65 N.J. 152

319 A.2d 732

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.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Argued May 20, 1974.

Decided May 29, 1974.

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-appellant New Jersey Mfrs. Ins. Co. (McElroy, Connell, Foley & Geiser, Newark, attorneys).

William M. Lake, Trenton, for defendant-appellant Continental Ins. Co. (Dietrich, Stockman & Lake, Trenton, attorneys).

Gerald Kaplan, Morristown, for defendant-respondent Motor 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-respondents Westchester Fire Ins. Co. and Holcombe, (Meredith, Meredith & Chase, Trenton, attorneys).

Gregory V. Hopkins, Trenton, for plaintiffs-respondents Potent, (Frank V. Walsh, Jr., Trenton, attorney).

PER CURIAM.

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 ...