LAWLESS v. CENTRAL ENGINEERING CO.

Civ. A. No. 79-3633.

502 F.Supp. 308 (1980)

Victoria LAWLESS v. CENTRAL ENGINEERING CO. et al.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

November 16, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman Pearlberger, Larry Haft, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

William J. McKinley, Francis Brennan, Philadelphia, Pa., for Central Engineering.

John A. Lord, Norristown, Pa., for Theodore Wilhelm.

Andrew C. Hecker, Philadelphia, Pa., for Industrial Supply.

James Wendelgass, Albert S. Shaw, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa., for Rubber Supply.

L. Carter Anderson, Philadelphia Pa., for Public Service Electric & Gas.

E. J. McKechnie, Philadelphia, Pa., for Vandenberg.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

NEWCOMER, District Judge.

Defendant, Central Engineering Company ("Central"), seeks to join plaintiff's employer, B. P. Vandenberg & Sons, Inc. ("Vandenberg") by way of third-party complaint to this products liability action. The motion presents a novel issue of Pennsylvania law1, due to the uncertainty of the effect of Pennsylvania's new Comparative Negligence statute, 42 Pa.Con.Stat.Ann. § 7102...

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