Legal Opinion
Diamond State Telephone Co. v. University of Delaware
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided July 16, 1970PublishedCited by 114 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLCOTT, Chief Justice:
This is an appeal by Diamond State Telephone Company (Diamond) from the denial of its motion to dismiss the third-party complaint of University of Delaware (University) on the ground that it fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. The third-party complaint of the University seeks indemnity of any amount recovered against it in the main action brought by the widow of a deceased employee of Diamond.
The deceased employee of Diamond was engaged in installing a T-V cable into one of the University buildings. He was killed by electrocution in a manhole…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Crumady v. the Joachim Hendrik FisserSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. Nacirema Operating Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Westchester Lighting Co. v. Westchester County Small Estates Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1938
- Slattery v. Marra Bros., Inc. Marra Bros., Inc. v. Wm. Spencer & Son CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1951
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3Cited by114 opinions
- Kofron v. Amoco Chemicals Corp.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1982
- Dale v. WhitemanMichigan Supreme Court · 1972
- Pierce Associates, Inc. v. Nemours FoundationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988
- Barker v. HuangSupreme Court of Delaware · 1992
- Precision Air, Inc. v. Standard Chlorine of Delaware, Inc.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1995
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