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MATHEWS v. ABC TELEVISION, INC.

No. 88 Civ. 6031 (SWK).

776 F.Supp. 821 (1991)

Terence Owen MATHEWS and Jeanne Elizabeth Mathews, Plaintiffs, v. ABC TELEVISION, INC., American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., Capital Cities/ABC, Inc., NDEFU Productions, Peter Beard, Peter Riva, Thomas S. Murphy, John Sias, Roone Arledge, John Hamlin and Gary Pudney, Defendants. CAPITAL CITIES/ABC, INC., American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., and ABC Television, Inc., Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. ROBERT NIXON PRODUCTIONS, INC., Third-Party Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

November 6, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Speiser, Krause, Madole & Nolan by Frank H. Granito, Jr., New York City, for plaintiffs.

Townley & Updike by Douglas C. Fairhurst, Christopher J. Nolan, New York City, for defendants.

Lester Schwab Katz & Dwyer by Richard Granofsky, New York City, for third-party defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

KRAM, District Judge.

This diversity action arises from injuries that plaintiff sustained from a rhinoceros attack during the filming of an African wildlife documentary. Presently before the Court is defendants' motion, pursuant to Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, for an order granting them partial summary judgment dismissing the complaint's fourth and fifth negligence claims.1

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