AETNA CAS. & SUR. CO. v. GENERAL ELEC. CO.

No. 84-1299.

758 F.2d 319 (1985)

The AETNA CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY and Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, Appellants, v. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 29, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony Sestric, St. Louis, Mo., for appellants.

Gerald D. Morris, St. Louis, Mo., for appellee.

Before BRIGHT, Circuit Judge, HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.


JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

The Aetna Casualty and Surety Company and Southwestern Bell Telephone Company (hereafter, "Aetna") appeal a judgment entered for General Electric Company in this product liability case based on theories of negligence, breach of express and implied warranties, and strict liability. Aetna had claimed that a General Electric ballast (a small transformer attached to a fluorescent lamp) was the cause of a substantial fire. The district court...

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