Maryland Casualty Co. v. DeVilbiss Co.

HEARD, Judge.

Plaintiffs, Southwest Industrial Contractors, Inc., and Maryland Casualty Company, sued defendants, DeVilbiss Company and Glen Falls Insurance Company of New York, to recover the cost of repairing a crane and a large burner manufactured by DeVilbiss, which were damaged as a result of the alleged negligence of DeVilbiss. Specifically, plaintiffs allege that De-Vilbiss was negligent in attaching one of four lifting lugs to the burner with inch bolts rather than % inch bolts. The smaller bolts allegedly sheared in half while the burner was being lifted by a crane during the…