PORTLAND VALVE, INC. v. ROCKWOOD SYSTEMS


460 A.2d 1383 (1983)

PORTLAND VALVE, INC. v. ROCKWOOD SYSTEMS CORP. and Gulf & Western Manufacturing Co. (Eastern Group).

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided June 13, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelly, Remmel, & Zimmerman, U. Charles Remmel, II (orally), Leland N. Chisholm, Portland, for plaintiff.

Robinson & Kriger, Robert C. Robinson (orally), Portland, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Henry P. Baer (orally), New York City for Rockwood Systems.

Pierce, Atwood, Scribner, Allen, Smith & Lancaster, John J. O'Leary, Jr. (orally), Ralph Lancaster, Jr., Portland, for Gulf & Western.

Before GODFREY, NICHOLS, ROBERTS, CARTER, VIOLETTE and WATHEN, JJ.


CARTER, Justice.

The plaintiff, Portland Valve, Inc. (PVI), appeals a directed verdict entered in Superior Court, Cumberland County, in favor of one of the defendants, Gulf & Western Manufacturing Co. (GW). Rockwood Systems Corp. (RSC), the other defendant, cross-appeals a judgment entered in favor of PVI. We affirm the judgment rendered in favor of GW. We reverse the judgment entered against RSC.

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