Legal Opinion
Burkert v. Petrol Plus of Naugatuck, Inc.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 31, 1990No. 13732PublishedCited by 112 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
The principal issue in this appeal is whether the distributor of a defective product is entitled to indemnification against the licensor of a trademark under which the allegedly defective product was marketed, when the trademark licensor did not participate in the production, marketing or distribution of the product. The first party plaintiffs initiated this action to recover for damages allegedly caused by defective automatic transmission fluid that the plaintiffs purchased from the named defendant, Petrol Plus of Naugatuck, *67Inc. (Petrol Plus).1 Petrol Plus filed third party complaints…
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