GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP v. FED PAC. ELECTRIC CO.


20 Mass. App. Ct. 677 (1985)

482 N.E.2d 824

GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION vs. FEDERAL PACIFIC ELECTRIC COMPANY.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

August 30, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Pierson for the plaintiff.

Timothy Q. Feeley (Robert D. Canty with him) for the defendant.

Present: GREANEY, C.J., BROWN, & FINE, JJ.


BROWN, J.

In the first three months of 1973, three separate fires broke out in the main electrical switchboard of the S.S. Tillie Lykes, a Seabee class cargo vessel that had been built by the plaintiff, General Dynamics Corporation (General Dynamics), for Lykes Brothers Steamship Company, Inc. (Lykes Brothers). The main switchboard,1 which is responsible for distributing electricity throughout...

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