Legal Opinion
Burke v. Spartanics Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 4, 2001No. Docket No. 00-7145PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:
A metal shearing machine severed the fingers of plaintiff-appellant Alphonso Burke’s right hand while he was at work. Burke brought suit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Joanna Seybert, Judge), invoking the court’s diversity jurisdiction. In his suit Burke asserted various New York State tort claims against the machine’s manufacturer, defendant-appellee Spartan-*134ics Ltd. (“Spartanics”), which in turn im-pleaded Burke’s employer, Metal Etching Company (“Metal Etching”), as a third-party defendant. The case proceeded to trial on…
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