ORION INS. CO., LTD. v. UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP.

Civ. A. Nos. 78-1779, 78-2972.

502 F.Supp. 173 (1980)

The ORION INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD. v. UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP. and Amtel, Inc. Richard GEHRING, as Executor and Personal Representative of the Estate of Herman W. Gehring, Deceased v. UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP. and Amtel, Inc.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

October 8, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip D. Bostwick, Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge, Washington, D. C., and Daniel Mungall, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa., for Orion and Gehring.

J. Grant McCabe, III, Philadelphia, Pa., for United Tech.

John B. Martin, J. Bruch McKissock, Philadelphia, Pa., for Amtel.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

HUYETT, District Judge.

Defendant Amtel, Inc. has moved for summary judgment.1 The resolution of this motion depends upon whether the manufacturer of a component part which was manufactured to the specifications of a third party and in which there was no manufacturing defect can be held liable for a design defect allegedly stemming from the use to which the third party put the part.

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