VIRGINIA ELECTRIC & POWER CO. v. WESTINGHOUSE ELEC. CORP.

No. 73-1212.

485 F.2d 78 (1973)

VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY, WHO SUES for the Use and Benefit of Insurance Company of North America, Appellee, v. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION and Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 3, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Sanderlin, Richmond, Va. (Robert E. Payne, McGuire, Woods & Battle, Richmond, Va., on brief) for appellant Westinghouse Electric Corp.

Charles W. Laughlin, Richmond, Va. (J. Edward Betts, Christian, Barton, Parker, Epps & Brent, Richmond, Va., on brief) for appellant Stone and Webster Engineering Corp.

Edward A. Marks, Jr., Richmond, Va. (Frank B. Miller, III, Albert M. Orgain, IV, and Sands, Anderson, Marks & Clarke, Richmond, Va., on brief) for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and CRAVEN and WIDENER, Circuit Judges.


CRAVEN, Circuit Judge:

Virginia Electric and Power Company (VEPCO) brought this action on April 16, 1969, on its own behalf and on behalf of its insurer and partial subrogee, Insurance Company of North America (INA), to recover damages resulting from the failure of one of VEPCO's power generating stations. The defendants are Westinghouse Electric Corporation, builder of the station, and Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation, the engineers. Jurisdiction was founded...

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