Wingo v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

KISER, District Judge.

Before the Court is the Norfolk & Western Railway Company’s (“N & W”) motion for entry of judgment on its cross-claim seeking indemnity from the Celotex Corporation, Keene Corporation, and H.K. Porter Company, Inc. (“Manufacturing Defendants”).1 I believe that indemnity is appropriate under the facts of this case, therefore, I shall grant the N & W’s motion.

I. Facts

The original Plaintiff in this action, Cecil S. Wingo, Sr., filed suit against the N & W and the Manufacturing Defendants seeking damages for asbestos-related injuries he incurred while…