Legal Opinion

KSLA-TV, INC. v. Radio Corp. of America

District Court, W.D. Louisiana

Decided October 29, 1980No. Civ. A. 78-1293PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM RULING

STAGG, District Judge.

On October 4, 1978, plaintiff KSLA-TV, Inc. (“KSLA”) brought this diversity action seeking damages arising from the October 8, 1977 collapse and destruction of a television antenna tower. KSLA and defendant Radio Corporation of America (“RCA”) entered into the transaction by which KSLA came to own the tower on May 15, 1964. RCA caused defendant Stainless, Inc. (“Stainless”) to design and fabricate the tower. Stainless employed a sub-subcontractor for the erection of the tower at the site of KSLA’s transmitter in Caddo Parish, Louisiana. The construction…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Bank of Columbia v. OkelySupreme Court of the United States · 1819
  2. Von Hoffman v. City of QuincySupreme Court of the United States · 1867
  3. Lott v. HaleySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
  4. Burmaster v. Gravity Drainage Dist. No. 2Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
  5. Honeyman v. JacobsSupreme Court of the United States · 1939

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Rose v. Fox Pool Corp.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1994
  2. Harris v. Black Clawson Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
  3. Swope v. Columbian Chemicals Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2002
  4. DeGroft v. Lancaster Silo Co.Court of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1987
  5. Austin's of Monroe, Inc. v. BrownLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1985

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