Wells v. General Electric Co.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

SMALKIN, District Judge.

This diversity case is before the Court on the motion of General Electric Company (“General Electric”) for summary judgment. The nature of the action is a claim for personal injuries sustained by one Michael D. Wells (“Wells”), an employee of a company named Montel Metals, Inc. (“Mon-tel”), which is in the business of dismantling disused industrial plants. In 1990, General Electric, which had previously utilized Montel’s dismantling services, contracted with Montel to perform the dismantling and salvage work at Building 1 of a disused General Electric…