Legal Opinion
Burke v. Koch Industries
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 27, 1990No. Civ. A. 89-7841PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
CAHN, District Judge.
In this negligence action brought by a worker against Koch Industries, a manufacturing firm that had hired the plaintiff’s employer, Matlack Systems, Inc., to ship its product, Koch has filed a third-party complaint against Matlack pursuant to an indemnification agreement between them. Matlack has moved to dismiss this third-party complaint. This motion shall be denied.
I. BACKGROUND
The relevant allegations, taken to be true for the purposes of this motion to dismiss, are as follows. Curtis Burke, a citizen of Pennsylvania, was employed by Matlack Systems, Inc.…
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