AMERICAN PECCO CORP. v. EASTERN FOUNDATION CO.

Nos. 4502, 4503.

264 A.2d 491 (1970)

AMERICAN PECCO CORPORATION, Appellant, v. EASTERN FOUNDATION COMPANY, Inc., Concorp, Inc., Contractors, Transport Corporation, Wittstatts, Inc., Appellees. CONTRACTORS TRANSPORT CORPORATION, Appellant, v. EASTERN FOUNDATION COMPANY, Inc., Concorp, Inc., American Pecco Corporation, Wittstatts, Inc., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 27, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sol Friedman and Leonard L. Lipshultz, Washington, D. C., for American Pecco.

Thomas B. Heffelfinger, Washington, D. C., for Contractors Transport Corp.

Branko Stupar, Henry S. Turner, Washington, D. C., for Eastern Foundation Co.

R. Harrison Pledger, Jr., Charles E. Pledger, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellee Concorp, Inc.

John C. Duncan, III, Washington, D. C., for Wittstatts, Inc.

Before FICKLING, KERN and NEBEKER, Associate Judges.


KERN, Associate Judge:

In May 1964, a large construction crane owned by Concorp, Inc. (Concorp), a general contractor, fell on its job site in Rosslyn, Virginia, killing one person, injuring others, and causing property damage.1 Concorp had purchased the crane from American Pecco Corporation (Pecco) who, pursuant to the sales agreement,2 supplied a service representative to supervise the assembly of the crane...

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