KNAPP v. NORTH AMERICAN ROCKWELL CORP.

No. 74-1110.

506 F.2d 361 (1974)

Stanley KNAPP, Jr., Appellant, v. NORTH AMERICAN ROCKWELL CORPORATION v. MRS. SMITH'S PIE COMPANY, Third-Party-Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided December 27, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard J. Creskoff, Freedman, Borowsky & Lorry, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

William F. Sullivan, Jr., Robert M. Britton, Barton L. Post, Post & Schell, P. A., Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee.

Before ALDISERT, ADAMS and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ADAMS, Circuit Judge.

The principal question here is whether it was error to grant summary judgment on the ground that one injured by a defective machine may not recover from the corporation that purchased substantially all the assets of the manufacturer of the machine because the transaction was a sale of assets rather than a merger or consolidation.

I.

Stanley Knapp, Jr., an employee of Mrs. Smith's Pie Co., was injured...

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