Shaner v. Caterpillar Tractor Co.

OPINION

DIAMOND, District Judge.

Plaintiffs brought this diversity action to recover damages resulting from husband-plaintiff’s employment-related injuries suffered as the alleged result of a defective product manufactured and sold by the defendant, Caterpillar Tractor Company t/a Caterpillar. The defendant joined the husband-plaintiff’s employer, Nello L. Teer Co., (Teer) as a third-party defendant for contribution and indemnity. However, on motion of the- third-party defendant, the judge to whom this case originally had been as signed, the Honorable Daniel J. Snyder, Jr., by an opinion and…