Gundle Lining Construction Corp. v. Adams County Asphalt, Inc.

ROBERT M. PARKER, Circuit Judge:

This diversity ease was filed in the Southern District of Texas by a Texas corporation seeking to recover on a bond issued by the defendant. The defendant, a resident of Maryland, filed a third-party complaint seeking indemnification from the third-party defendants, who were the principals on the bond. The third-party defendants, all residents of Pennsylvania, filed motions to dismiss wherein they challenged the district court’s in personam jurisdiction. The district court denied their motions. The plaintiff and defendant ultimately settled the underlying…