WASHINGTON PETROLEUM & SUPPLY CO. v. GIRARD BANK

Civ. No. 82-1457.

629 F.Supp. 1224 (1983)

WASHINGTON PETROLEUM AND SUPPLY COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. GIRARD BANK, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and Midlantic National Bank, Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania.

May 3, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Krawitz & Ridley, P.C. Joseph F. Kameen, Milford, Pa., for plaintiff.

Morris R. Brooke, Gary R. Battistoni, Drinker, Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia, Pa., for Midlantic Nat. Bank.

Thomas C. Baxter, Jr., Office of General Counsel, New York City, for Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Hiliary Hollaway, Philadelphia, Pa., for Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.

Edward J. Hayes, Fox, Rothschild, O'Brien & Frankel, Philadelphia, Pa., for Girard Bank.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

CONABOY, District Judge.

The Plaintiff, Washington Petroleum and Supply Company, a New Jersey corporation, instituted this action against the four Defendant banking institutions1 seeking damages for their alleged negligence in the handling of a check. The case was originally filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County2 but, by petition dated November 22, 1982, was removed...

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