Florida Power & Light Co., a Florida Corp. v. Westinghouse Electric Corp., a Pennsylvania Corp. Qualified to Do Business in Florida

Florida Power & Light sued Westinghouse asserting a breach of warranty claim and a negligence claim, arising out of an undertaking by Westinghouse to design, manufacture and furnish nuclear generating plant equipment for FPL’s Turkey Point plant in Dade County, Florida. The court granted a partial summary judgment in favor of Westinghouse on the negligence claim and denied partial summary judgment on the breach of warranty claim.

The case is before us on an interlocutory appeal by FPL under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b) from the summary judgment for Westinghouse on the negligence claim.

This court…