E. C. ERNST, INC. v. MANHATTAN CONST. CO. OF TEXAS

No. 75-1794.

551 F.2d 1026 (1977)

E. C. ERNST, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant Appellee, v. MANHATTAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY OF TEXAS, Providence Hospital, Fairbanks-Morse, Inc., Charles H. McCauley Associates, Inc., Defendants-Appellees Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 9, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward S. Sledge, Mobile, Ala., Glower W. Jones, Atlanta, Ga., Arthur Friedman, New York City, for E. C. Ernst, Inc.

Willis C. Darby, Jr., Mobile, Ala., for Providence Hospital.

Louis E. Braswell, Mobile, Ala., for Fairbanks-Morse, Inc.

Clarence L. McDorman, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., for Charles H. McCauley Associates, Inc.

David M. Thornton, Tulsa, Okl., for Manhattan Const. Co.

Before GODBOLD, McCREE and TJOFLAT, Circuit Judges.


GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

This complex diversity case arises from a series of disputes concerning difficulties encountered during construction and renovation of a hospital at Mobile, Alabama. The parties are Ernst, an electrical subcontractor on the project; Providence Hospital, the owner; McCauley, the architect; Manhattan, the general contractor; and Fairbanks-Morse, Ernst's electrical supplier. After more than four years of proceedings and a 40-day bench trial, the...

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