SEAL OFFSHORE, INC. v. AMERICAN STANDARD, INC.

No. 83-2358.

736 F.2d 1078 (1984)

SEAL OFFSHORE, INC. and Sealcraft Operators, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. AMERICAN STANDARD, INC., Westinghouse Air Brake Co., and Wabco, Inc., Defendants-Appellees, v. E.F. HOUGHTON, Third-Party Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 23, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Denis V. Brenan, Philadelphia, Pa., Fulbright & Jaworski, R. Scott Hogarty, Houston, Tex., for third party defendant-appellant.

Brown, Sims & Ayre, James D. Wise, Jr., Lyn Van Dusen, Houston, Tex., for American Standard.

John K. Meyer, Houston, Tex., for Seal Offshore, Inc. and Sealcraft.

Before GARZA, GARWOOD and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.


PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

The M/V BERING SEAL ran into a dock. The vessel's owners, Seal Offshore, Inc., and Sealcraft Operators, Inc. sued American Standard, Inc., Westinghouse Air Brake Co., and Wabco, Inc., the makers of a throttle control on the BERING SEAL alleged to have caused the allision. The Wabco defendants in turn filed a third-party claim against E.F. Houghton, the manufacturer of one component...

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