Continental Electronics Manufacturing Company v. Navajo Freight Lines, Inc., Defendant-Third Party v. Merchants Fast Motor Lines, Third Party

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

Continental Electronics Manufacturing Company brought this action against Navajo Freight Lines, Inc., for $19,350 damages to a large and expensive electron tube transported by Navajo from El Paso, Texas, to Continental’s facility on the RAM Site at White Sands, New Mexico. Navajo cross-claimed against Merchants Fast Motor Lines and American Airlines, two other carriers that handled the tube on earlier legs of the same journey. A jury found for Continental against Navajo in the amount of $5,000 and exonerated the other carriers. The Trial Judge, however, granted…