Legal Opinion
Electric Power Board v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided August 26, 1988No. CIV-1-87-93PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
EDGAR, District Judge.
This is a product liability action in which the plaintiff, Electric Power Board of Chattanooga (hereinafter “EPB”), claims that the defendants manufactured and sold defective electrical equipment to the EPB and that the defective nature of the electrical equipment caused an electrical explosion and fire resulting in extensive property and related damage to the EPB. This Court has jurisdiction over the EPB claims sounding in product liability, including negligence, strict liability and breach of warranty because the parties are diverse. See 28 U.S.C. § 1332.
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2Cases cited25 opinions
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Glus v. Brooklyn Eastern District TerminalSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Woodrow Sterling v. Velsicol Chemical CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1988
- Kochins v. Linden-Alimak, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Spence v. Miles Laboratories, Inc.District Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1992
- Reading Co. v. City of PhiladelphiaDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1993
- National Railroad Passenger Corp. v. New York City Housing Auth.District Court, S.D. New York · 1993
- Becton v. Rhone-Poulenc, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1997
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