Wisconsin Power and Light Company v. Westinghouse Electric Corporation

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

This diversity action arises out of losses sustained by plaintiffs in 1982 when a component part of a large power transformer, manufactured and sold by defendant, failed and caused extensive damage to the transformer. The district court granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment, 645 F.Supp. 1129 (W.D.Wis.1986), and plaintiffs appeal. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

Plaintiffs Wisconsin Power & Light Co., Wisconsin Public Service Corp., and Madison Gas & Electric Co. are all Wisconsin corporations engaged in the business of generating and selling…