KIDDE INDUSTRIES, INC. v. WEAVER CORP.


593 A.2d 563 (1991)

KIDDE INDUSTRIES, INC., Plaintiff, v. WEAVER CORPORATION, Dover Industries, Inc., Lewis E. Burns, Richard T. Farrell and Rudolf J. Herrmann, Defendants.

Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle County.

Decided: April 16, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles S. Crompton, Jr., and Stephen C. Norman of Potter Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, and Matthew J. Broderick, and Michael J. Salmanson of Dechert Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Stuart B. Young, and Teresa C. Fariss of Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, Wilmington, and Eliot Lauer, Mario DiNatale, and Nancy E. Delaney of Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, New York City, for defendants.


OPINION

CHANDLER, Vice Chancellor.

Defendant Weaver Corporation ("Weaver"), a Delaware corporation, was dissolved effective December 1, 1989. Plaintiff Kidde Industries, Inc. ("Kidde") is a creditor of Weaver.1 Kidde has filed suit against Weaver for breach of contract and for violations of Title 8 of the Delaware Code.2

Kidde has also sued Lewis E. Burns, Richard T. Farrell and Rudolf...

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