QUAKER STATE DYEING & FINISH. CO. v. ITT TERRYPHONE CORP.

Nos. 71-1501, 71-1502.

461 F.2d 1140 (1972)

QUAKER STATE DYEING & FINISHING CO., INC., and John Realty Co., Inc., Appellant in No. 71-1501, v. ITT TERRYPHONE CORPORATION and International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation. Appeal of JOHN REALTY CO., Inc., in No. 71-1502.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided June 1, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen A. Cozen, Orlofsky, Cozen & Begier, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellants.

Lynn L. Detweiler, Swartz, Campbell & Detweiler, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees.

Before McLAUGHLIN, ALDISERT and HUNTER, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge.

This action concerns the liability of ITT Terryphone Corporation (hereinafter, Terryphone) for both common law negligence, and for strict liability in tort as the manufacturer of a modular control system which allegedly caused a fire in appellant Quaker State's plant. The fire was said to have originated in the system which had been manufactured by appellee Terryphone and installed in appellant's plant by appellee...

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