MILLER INDUS. v. CATERPILLAR TRACTOR CO.

Civ. A. No. 78-70-H.

473 F.Supp. 1147 (1979)

MILLER INDUSTRIES, INC., Joe N. Hendrix Co.; Old Feller, Inc., J & G, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. CATERPILLAR TRACTOR CO. and Burford Equipment Co., Defendants, John N. Magoteaux, Intervenor.

United States District Court, S. D. Alabama, S. D.

July 11, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas M. Fryer, Seattle, Wash., A. Clay Rankin, III, J. Hodge Alves, III, Mobile, Ala., for plaintiffs and intervenor.

James W. Garrett, Jr., and Robert A. Huffaker, Montgomery, Ala., for Burford Equipment Co.

William H. Hardie, Jr., Mobile, Ala., for Caterpiller Tractor Co.


HAND, District Judge.

This is an admiralty action in which the plaintiffs seek to recover for defects in the construction of the engine in the fishing vessel PRISCILLA ANN, constructed by defendant Caterpillar Tractor Company, and sold to the plaintiffs by defendant Burford Equipment Company. Suit was originally filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington and is in this Court by virtue of a transfer under Title 28, U.S.C.A., &...

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