Balczon v. MacHinery Wholesalers Corp.

OPINION

COHILL, Senior District Judge.

I. Background

This negligence and strict liability action was brought by Plaintiff John E. Balczon against defendants Machinery Wholesalers Corporation (“Machinery Wholesalers”), E.W. Bliss Inc. (“Bliss”), and Cutler-Hammer Products, a division of the Eaton Corporation (“Cutler-Hammer”). Mr. Balczon’s complaint, alleging personal injury as a result of an accident involving a Bliss press, was filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Erie County, Pennsylvania, and was removed to this Court in September 1994. Machinery Wholesalers subsequently impleaded third…