Legal Opinion
Klimas v. International Telephone and Telegraph Corp.
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided March 25, 1969No. Civ. A. 3987PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PETTINE, District Judge.
This is a products liability, personal injury litigation, in which the plaintiff, a citizen of West Virginia, seeks damages in excess of $10,000 from the defendant, a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Rhode Island. 1 Defendant has moved, pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b) (6), to dismiss count III, which alleges a strict tort cause of action, and count IV, which alleges express and implied warranty causes of action.
The facts, for purposes of this motion, are as follows. 2 In August, 1966 the plaintiff, a professional electrician, was' in…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1928
- Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1963
- Henningsen v. Bloomfield Motors, Inc.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1960
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3Cited by17 opinions
- West v. Caterpillar Tractor Company, Inc.Supreme Court of Florida · 1976
- Hall v. EI Du Pont De Nemours & Co., Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1972
- Caruth v. MarianiCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1970
- Martin v. Ryder Truck Rental, Inc.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1976
- Moss v. Polyco, Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1974
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