DAVENPORT v. TERRY


134 N.J. Super. 88 (1975)

338 A.2d 815

CHARLES R. DAVENPORT, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. ALFRED TERRY, INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, AND INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS LOCAL NUMBERS 52, 102, 164, 211, 262, 269, 358, 400, 439, 456, 581, 592, 375, 334, AND 367 AND BERNARD J. CLARKIN, E. LOUIS BARAM, HOWARD SCHIER, JR., HARRY F. HILTNER, JR., ROBERT CARTWRIGHT, JR., DONALD KENNEDY, JOHN C. BOLL, GRANTE TATE, JR., PHILIP KELLY, FRANK MARCHITTO, FRANK KELLY, GEORGE J. ROWSON, JOHN O'CONNOR, THOMAS ALLEN, ROBERT J. SHAFFER AND WALTER TERRY, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided May 6, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William O. Barnes, attorney for appellant (Messrs. Yauch, Peterpaul and Clark, of counsel; Mr. Frank J. Peterpaul on the brief).

Messrs. Lamb, Hutchinson, Thompson and Chappell and Messrs. Sherman, Dunn, Cohen and Leifer, attorneys for respondents, Alfred Terry and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (Messrs. Raymond J. Lamb, Thomas X. Dunn and Robert L. Barton, Jr., on the brief).

Messrs. Parsonnet, Parsonnet and Duggan, attorneys for respondents Locals 52, 102, 164, 358, 400, 456, 581, and 367 of the I.B.E.W. and respondents Clarkin, Baram, Schier, Boll, Tate, Marchitto, Kelly and Shaffer (Mr. Thomas L. Parsonnet, of counsel).

Messrs. Meth, Wood, Neff and Cooper, attorneys for respondents Local 262 of the I.B.E.W. and Robert Cartwright, Jr. (Mr. Robert Carey Neff on the brief).

Messrs. Nolan, Lynes, Bell and Moore, attorneys for respondents John O'Connor and Local 675 — I.B.E.W. (Mr. Jerome M. Lynes of counsel; Mr. Jay Scott MacNeill on the brief).

Messrs. Pellettieri and Rabstein, attorneys for respondents I.B.E.W. Local Numbers 269 and 334, Donald Kennedy and Thomas Allen, filed a statement in lieu of brief.

Messrs. Tomar, Parks, Seliger, Simonoff and Adourian, attorneys for respondents I.B.E.W. Local Numbers 211, 439 and 592, Harry F. Hiltner, Jr., Philip Kelly and George J. Rowson, filed a statement in lieu of brief.

Messrs. Nugent, Russo and Tumulty, attorneys for respondent Walter Terry, filed a statement in lieu of brief.

No brief was filed on behalf of Local Number 375 of the I.B.E.W.

Before Judges LORA, CRANE and KOLE.


The opinion of the court was delivered by KOLE, J.A.D.

Plaintiff instituted this action on January 28, 1973 against Alfred Terry, his son Walter Terry, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), 15 locals of IBEW and the business agents of each local for allegedly conspiring tortiously to interfere with his employment and cause it to be terminated by spreading false and malicious statements concerning...

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