DRESCO MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS, INC. v. TODD-CEA

No. 75-1009.

531 F.2d 1292 (1976)

DRESCO MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. TODD-CEA, INC., Defendant-Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. J. W. AUSTIN, JR. & ASSOCIATES, INC., Third-Party Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 25, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clayton H. Farnham, Earle B. May, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., for appellant.

David A. Handley, Atlanta, Ga., for J. W. Austin & Associates, Inc.

Before DYER and CLARK, Circuit Judges, and KRAFT, District Judge.


CLARK, Circuit Judge:

In this Georgia tort law diversity case, defendant/third party plaintiff Todd-CEA, Inc. (Todd) appeals from a judgment notwithstanding the verdict entered in favor of third-party defendant J. W. Austin, Jr. & Associates, Inc. (Austin). Agreeing with the trial court that there was no competent evidence in the record establishing a violation of any duty owed by Austin, we affirm.

The case grew out of a boiler explosion April 1, 1971...

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