Legal Opinion
General Electric Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 12, 1987No. 86-2041PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Per curiam
Two employees of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) were injured while repairing an electrical transformer manufactured by the General Electric Company (General Electric). One of the employees died as a result of his injuries. The surviving employee and the deceased employee’s wife filed suit against General Electric on theories of negligence, breach of warranty and strict liability; this suit was ultimately settled. General Electric then filed a third-party action seeking to hold the United States and five individual defendants liable for indemnity and contribution on the theory that…
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