Francis J. Langford, Individually and as Natural Guardian of Frank P. Langford, an Infant v. Chrysler Motors Corp., and Woodbridge Dodge, Inc.

WATERMAN, Circuit Judge:

In this diversity action, Francis J. Langford filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York alleging that injuries sustained by his minor son in an automobile accident resulted from the negligent manufacture of the automobile by the defendant Chrysler Motors Corp. (Chrysler) and from the negligent servicing of the automobile by the vendor, Woodbridge Dodge, Inc. Langford alleged that the defendants’ breaches of their respective warranties, express and implied, provided the basis of liability. In its answer, Chrysler asserted…