JEFFER v. NAT. UNION FIRE INS. CO.


306 N.J. Super. 82 (1997)

HERMAN JEFFER, REGINALD F. HOPKINSON, AND JEROME A. VOGEL, INDIVIDUALLY, AND JEFFER, HOPKINSON, VOGEL, COOMBER & PEIFFER, ESQS. (FORMERLY JEFFER, HARTMAN, HOPKINSON, VOGEL, COOMBER & PEIFFER, ESQS.), PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS/CROSS-RESPONDENTS, v. NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PA, DEFENDANT-THIRD PARTY PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT/CROSS-APPELLANT, v. ANTONIO PACELLI AND VINCENT VECCHIOTTI, THIRD-PARTY DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided December 10, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert C. Lisbona argued the cause for appellants/cross-respondents (Dwyer, Connell & Lisbona, attorneys; Mr. Lisbona, on the brief, and reply brief).

Charles E. Powers, Jr. argued the cause for respondent/cross-appellant (Harwood Lloyd, LLP, attorneys; Mr. Powers, on the letter-brief).

Before Judges SHEBELL, A.A. RODRIGUEZ and COBURN.


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

This appeal involves the interpretation and application of an exclusion clause in a professional liability insurance policy and also application of the entire controversy doctrine.

On February 6, 1995, plaintiffs, Herman Jeffer, Reginald F. Hopkinson, and Jerome A. Vogel, individually, and Jeffer, Hopkinson, Vogel, Coomber & Peiffer, Esqs. ("plaintiffs" or "the Law Firm"), filed a complaint for...

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