JONES & LAUGHLIN STEEL v. JOHNS-MANVILLE SALES

Civ. A. No. 77-759.

453 F.Supp. 527 (1978)

JONES & LAUGHLIN STEEL CORP., a corporation, Plaintiff, v. JOHNS-MANVILLE SALES CORP., a corporation, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, v. BROWN & KERR, INC., J. M. Foster Company, Inc., Western Contracting Corporation, and S. M. Wilson Company, d/b/a Hennepin Contractors, Defendants, v. PULLMAN, INC., Third-Party Defendant.

United States District Court, W. D. Pennsylvania.

June 26, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David B. Fawcett, Jr. and Richard S. Dorfzaun, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.

Alexander Unkovic and Frederick J. Francis, Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendant Johns-Manville.

John R. Walters, Jr., Pittsburgh, Pa., for Brown & Kerr.

Thomas A. Lazaroff, Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendant Hennepin Contractors.

Michael R. Plummer, Pittsburgh, Pa., for third-party defendant Pullman.


OPINION

WEBER, Chief Judge.

This is an action brought by Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. (J&L) to recover damages resulting from certain defects in the roof of its steel plant in Hennepin, Illinois. Plaintiff contends that it will be necessary to replace the roof at a cost of about 3.7 million. Presently before the Court are seven motions for summary judgment or partial summary judgment filed by various defendants. The motions raise questions of (1...

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