TRENT v. ATLANTIC CITY ELECTRIC CO.

Nos. 14481, 14482, 14526.

334 F.2d 847 (1964)

James R. TRENT (Plaintiff) v. ATLANTIC CITY ELECTRIC CO., Gibbs and Hill, Inc. and Deepwater Operating Co. (Defendants) and Atlantic City Electric Co. (Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff), v. GARDEN STATE CONSTRUCTION CO., Atlantic City Electric Co. and Deepwater Operating Co., Appellants. James R. TRENT (Plaintiff) v. ATLANTIC CITY ELECTRIC CO., Gibbs and Hill, Inc. and Deepwater Operating Co. (Defendants) and Atlantic City Electric Co. (Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff), v. GARDEN STATE CONSTRUCTION CO., Atlantic City Electric Co., Appellant. James R. TRENT (Plaintiff) v. ATLANTIC CITY ELECTRIC CO., Gibbs and Hill, Inc., and Deepwater Operating Co. (Defendants) and Atlantic City Electric Co. (Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff), v. GARDEN STATE CONSTRUCTION CO., Gibbs and Hill, Inc., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided July 23, 1964.

Rehearing Denied August 25, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milton M. Borowsky, Philadelphia, Pa. (Abraham E. Freedman, Freedman, Landy & Lorry, Philadelphia, Pa., Sidney A. Brass, Newark, N. J., on the brief), for James R. Trent.

Herbert Horn, Atlantic City, N. J., (Lloyd, Horn, Megargee & Steedle, Atlantic City, N. J., McCord, Farrell & Eynon, by Sidney P. McCord, Jr., Haddonfield, N. J., on the brief), for Atlantic City Electric Co., Gibbs and Hill, Inc., and Deepwater Operating Co.

Samuel P. Orlando, Camden, N. J., for Garden State Const. Co.

Before BIGGS, Chief Judge, and FORMAN and GANEY, Circuit Judges.


BIGGS, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal by the defendants, Atlantic City Electric Company ("Electric Company"), Deepwater Operating Company ("Deepwater"), and Gibbs and Hill, Inc. ("Gibbs and Hill") from a judgment of $350,000. in favor of the plaintiff, James R. Trent, for injuries sustained as the result of an accident which occurred on November 15, 1956. The Electric Company as third party plaintiff has also appealed a judgment of no cause of action respecting its...

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