CASTELUCCI v. ELECTROLUX CORP.

No. S 82-0010.

566 F.Supp. 339 (1983)

L. Blaine CASTELUCCI, Louella Castelucci and Trans-America Corporation, Plaintiffs, v. ELECTROLUX CORPORATION, Subsidiary of Consolidated Foods Corporation and Electrolux of Canada, Ltd., Subsidiary of Consolidated Foods Corporation of Canada, Ltd., and All Other Manufacturers and Suppliers of a Certain Electrolux Vacuum Cleaner and Power Nozzle Causing Damage to the Home of L. Blaine Castelucci and Louella Castelucci, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Indiana, South Bend Division.

July 8, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles H. Grodnik, Richard E. Steinbronn, Elkhart, Ind., for plaintiffs.

Timothy W. Woods, South Bend, Ind., Alexander G. Wesman, Stamford, Conn., for defendants.


SHARP, Chief Judge.

This case involves a products liability claim for damages arising out of a house fire allegedly caused by a defective vacuum sweeper. Originally filed in the Elkhart Superior Court in Elkhart, Indiana, this case was removed to federal district court on January 15, 1982, by defendants Electrolux Corporation and Electrolux of Canada, Ltd. Jurisdiction of this court is predicated on diversity of citizenship...

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