Leone v. Lohmaier

This action, was originally commenced by the plaintiff against the defendants, Lohmaier, Becker and Loeb, to recover for property damage resulting from a fire allegedly caused by the explosion of a blowtorch owned by the defendant Loeb. Thereafter, Loeb as a third-party plaintiff served a third-party complaint upon the third-party defendant, Otto Bernz, Inc., alleging that the blowtorch had been negligently repaired by the third-party defendant. Thereafter, the plaintiff served an amended complaint joining the third-party defendant as a defendant in the original action, alleging that said…