Scarponi v. United States

This is an appeal from a judgment for the defendant on a jury verdict, in a diversity suit for damages by Dr. Garcia, a dentist, against the Telephone Company for the negligent omission of his listing in the classified or "yellow page" section of the telephone directory. The claim is to the effect that the professional listing of his name and address in the classified section of the telephone directory is of pecuniary benefit to the practice of his profession; that he contracted with the Telephone Company for such professional listing in the October 1960 edition of the directory; that as a result of the negligent omission of the listing, the plaintiff suffered "a great loss of profits, loss of good will, loss of new business, and loss of repeat business, all to his damage, in the sum of $30,000.00.