In Re One Meridian Plaza Fire Litigation

MEMORANDUM

BUCKWALTER, District Judge.

I.Introduction

This case is one of many which arose as a result of a fire at One Meridian Plaza which began on February 23, 1991. Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (hereinafter “UL”) is a third-party defendant in this case, having been impleaded by a group of defendants collectively referred to as the E/R Defendants 1 pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 19. UL moves to dismiss the third-party complaint in this action and in several other actions where the procedural posture is the same. 2

II. Facts

The background of this case has previously been reported in a memorandum…