WESTERN KNAPP ENG'G CO v. MAULE IND.

Nos. 80-404, 80-405, 80-407, 80-409, 80-406, 80-408, 80-485 to 80-488, 80-342, 80-395, 80-403, 80-396, 80-397, 80-360, 80-362, 80-363, 80-366, 80-359, 80-361, 80-364 and 80-365.

452 So.2d 1050 (1984)

WESTERN KNAPP ENGINEERING COMPANY, Appellant, v. MAULE INDUSTRIES, INC. and Insurance Company of North America, Appellees. WESTERN KNAPP ENGINEERING COMPANY, Appellant, v. UNIVERSAL ENGINEERING CORPORATION, Appellee. UNIVERSAL ENGINEERING CORPORATION, Appellant, v. MAULE INDUSTRIES, INC., the Insurance Company of North America, and Western Knapp Engineering Company, Appellees. UNIVERSAL ENGINEERING CORPORATION, Appellant, v. MAULE INDUSTRIES, INC., et al., Appellees. LINCOLN ELECTRIC COMPANY, Appellant, v. UNIVERSAL ENGINEERING CORPORATION, Western Knapp Engineering Company, Maule Industries, Inc., and the Insurance Company of North America, Appellees. LINCOLN ELECTRIC COMPANY, Appellant, v. WESTERN KNAPP ENGINEERING COMPANY, Maule Industries, Inc., and the Insurance Company of North America, Appellees. MAULE INDUSTRIES, INC. and the Insurance Company of North America, Appellants, v. UNIVERSAL ENGINEERING CORPORATION, Appellee. MAULE INDUSTRIES, INC. and the Insurance Company of North America, Appellants, v. WESTERN KNAPP ENGINEERING COMPANY, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

July 10, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey, Dwyer, Cole, Eckhart, Mason & Spring and Michael C. Spring, Miami, for Western Knapp Engineering Co.

Mitchell, Harris, Canning, Murray & Usich and C. Robert Murray, Jr., Miami, for Maule Industries, Inc. and Ins. Co. of North America.

Wicker, Smith, Blomqvist, Tutan, O'Hara, McCoy, Graham & Lane, Richard A. Sherman, Fort Lauderdale, for Universal Engineering Corp. in Case Nos. 80-485 and 80-488 only.

Vernis, Bowling, Montalto, Goodman & Blank and Stephen N. Montalto, Miami, for Universal Engineering Corp. in all other cases.

Talburt, Kubicki & Bradley and Betsy E. Hartley, Miami, for Lincoln Elec. Co.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and DANIEL S. PEARSON and JORGENSON, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The appeals in the above consolidated cases are from summary final judgments entered in favor of the respective appellees on the appellants' cross-claims for contribution and indemnity. The sole basis for the entry of these summary final judgments was that these cross-claims had lost all vitality after the defendants/cross-claimants (Maule Industries, Inc.; its insurer, Insurance Company of North America; Western Knapp Engineering Company; and Universal...

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