GENERAL ELEC. CO. v. SARGENT & LUNDY

Nos. 89-5291, 89-5738.

916 F.2d 1119 (1990)

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, General Electric Environmental Services, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. SARGENT & LUNDY, Lowell E. Ackmann, William A. Chittenden, David C. McClintock, Wilbert G. Hegener, Richard I. Gavin, George C. Kuhlman, Eugene V. Abraham, Robert F. Scheibel, Richard X. French, Donald L. Leone, Robert J. Mazza, John M. McLaughlin, Henry M. Sroka, Kenneth T. Kostal, John A. Werhane, Carment M. Chiappetta, Paul L. Wattelet, Donald E. Wolniak, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided October 24, 1990.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied December 14, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles S. Cassis, Victor B. Maddox (argued), John L. Dotson, Brown, Todd & Heyburn, Louisville, Ky., for General Elec. Co.

Charles S. Cassis, Victor B. Maddox, Louisville, Ky., for General Elec. Environmental Services, Inc.

James D. Ishmael, Jr., Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, Lexington, Ky., Steven P. Handler (argued), James E. Betke, Lawrence E. Zabinski, Jane M. Simon, McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Before KEITH and KRUPANSKY, Circuit Judges, and ENGEL, Senior Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied December 14, 1990.

ENGEL, Senior Circuit Judge.

This diversity action controlled by Kentucky law is based upon a tort generally known as "injurious falsehood." Sargent & Lundy, an engineering firm, and its individual partners appeal a judgment entered upon a jury verdict awarding $500,000 plus interest and costs to General Electric Company and General Electric Environmental Services, Inc. ("GEESI") on their claims...

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