FALCON TANKERS, INC. v. LITTON SYSTEMS, INC.


380 A.2d 569 (1977)

FALCON TANKERS, INC., a Delaware Corporation, Plaintiff, v. LITTON SYSTEMS, INC., a Delaware Corporation, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, v. WORTHINGTON CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation, Third-Party Defendant and Fourth-Party Plaintiff, v. UNIROYAL, INC., Fourth-Party Defendant.

Superior Court of Delaware, New Castle County.

Decided November 14, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Tunnell, Jr. and Thomas Reed Hunt, Jr. of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, for plaintiff, Falcon Tankers, Inc.

Richard F. Corroon, Richard E. Poole, Michael D. Goldman, James F. Burnett and Daniel F. Wolcott, Jr. of Potter, Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington and of counsel, N. F. Caldwell, Pascagoula, Miss., for defendant and third-party plaintiff, Litton Systems, Inc.

William Prickett of Prickett, Ward, Burt & Sanders, Wilmington, for third-party defendant and fourth-party plaintiff, Worthington Corporation.

Howard L. Williams and Morris Lewis Stoltz, II of Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams, Wilmington, for fourth-party defendant, Uniroyal, Inc.


CHRISTIE, Judge.

Falcon Tankers, Inc. ("Falcon") seeks recovery from Litton Systems, Inc. ("Litton") for consequential damages which it says were caused by Litton's negligence and Litton's breaches of warranty. Falcon seeks to hold Litton liable for losses incurred during periods when certain oil tankers were inoperative because of cargo pump and expansion joint failures.

Litton contracted to design, construct and...

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