McCain Manufacturing Corporation v. Rockwell International Corporation

HAYNSWORTH, Senior Circuit Judge:

This appeal is from a grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant Rockwell International Corporation, from whom plaintiff McCain Manufacturing was seeking indemnity. By this suit, McCain hoped to recover $64,000 it had spent in settling a personal injury suit brought against it by one Dale Morris.

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In 1975, McCain Manufacturing Corporation was in possession of a “Brackett Trimmer,” a paper cutting machine with a guillotine blade. McCain contracted to sell the trimmer to the employer of Dale Morris, and simultaneously agreed to repaint, refurbish and place…