Lewis v. Borg-Warner Corp.

Defendants Borg-Warner Corp. and Norge Sales Corp. have served a third-party summons and complaint on the third-party defendants Rheem Manufacturing Co. and Robertshaw-Fulton Controls Co., alleging a right of recovery on the theory of common-law indemnity from the third-party defendants in the event plaintiffs recover in the main action from the defendants-third-party plaintiffs. Although the third-party defendants are named in the title of the main action they have never been served. An earlier third-party action between the same parties was commenced in October of 1965 after the…