KOCHINS v. LINDEN-ALIMAK, INC.

No. 85-5148.

799 F.2d 1128 (1986)

George J. KOCHINS, Curator of the Estate of John G. Kochins, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LINDEN-ALIMAK, INC.; Heede International, Inc.; Linden-Alimak, A.B. of Skellestea, Sweden; Roy Howard; Bobby Franklin Bevels; Jerry W. Pitcock; Art Armstrong; and Mine Safety Appliances Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided September 2, 1986.

Rehearing Denied October 6, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert S. Sanger, Jr., Gen. Counsel, James E. Fox, Assoc. Gen. Counsel, Edwin W. Small (argued), Edward M. Joffe, Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, Tenn., Thomas I. Carlton, Jr., W. Gregory Miller (argued), Cornelius & Collins, Douglas Fisher (argued), Nashville, Tenn., for defendants-appellees.

John W. deGravelles, Due, Dodson, deGravelles, Robinson and Caskey, Baton Rouge, La., Rachel L. Steel (argued), Farris, Warfield & Kanaday, Nashville, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellant.

Before ENGEL, KENNEDY and RYAN, Circuit Judges.


RYAN, Circuit Judge.

In this products liability-negligence action, based on diversity jurisdiction, the appellant challenges, on several grounds, the district court's orders granting summary judgment to defendants, Linden-Alimak, Inc., Linden-Alimak, A.B. of Skellestea, Sweden, and Heede International Inc. (the Linden-Alimak defendants), and to defendants Arthur Armstrong, Roy Howard, Bobby Bevels, and Jerry Pitcock (the individual defendants). Summary judgment was...

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