Legal Opinion
National Coach Works of Virginia v. Detroit Diesel Corp.
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided January 18, 2001No. CIV. CCB-99-362PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BLAKE, District Judge.
On November 16, 1997, an engine fire destroyed a bus that was traveling on Interstate 95 in Maryland. Three passen gers who were injured in escaping the bus filed suit in 1999. They have settled their claims. The bus company, National Coach Works of Virginia [“National Coach”], the bus manufacturer, Motor Coach Industries, Inc. [“Motor Coach”], and the engine manufacturer, Detroit Diesel Company [“Detroit Diesel”], dispute the cause of the engine fire that later spread throughout the bus. National Coach, the defendant in the original ease and plaintiff…
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