J.H. WESTERMAN CO. v. FIREMAN'S FUND INS.

No. 84-501.

499 A.2d 116 (1985)

J.H. WESTERMAN COMPANY, Appellant, v. FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE CO., et al., Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 4, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Carter, Washington, D.C., with whom Lawrence E. Carr, Jr., Washington, D.C., was on briefs, for appellant.

Thomas H. McGrail, Washington, D.C., for appellee Texas Instruments, Inc.

James W. Greene, Washington, D.C., with whom Thomas Wochok, Stephen O. Hessler, and Lawrence Singer, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for remaining appellees.

Before NEWMAN, FERREN and BELSON, Associate Judges.


BELSON, Associate Judge:

J.H. Westerman Company, a heating system repair firm, appeals from the judgments entered against it in four consolidated civil actions arising out of a fire caused by a heating system it serviced. Westerman's principal contention on appeal is that the trial court erroneously afforded the protection of a statute of repose, D.C.Code § 12-310 (1981), to Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI), the manufacturer of a component of the heating system Westerman...

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