LEWIS v. BABCOCK INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 538, Docket 92-7703.

985 F.2d 83 (1993)

Scott E. LEWIS and Victoria Lewis, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BABCOCK INDUSTRIES, INC., McDonnell Douglas Corp., and General Dynamics Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided February 4, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Beekman, New York City (Milton G. Sincoff, Daniel M. Kolko, Kreindler & Kreindler, New York City, on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Louis R. Martinez, New York City (Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellee Babcock Industries, Inc.

Michael G. Biggers, New York City (Bryan Cave, New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellee McDonnell Douglas Corp.

John F. Keating, New York City (Hill, Betts & Nash, New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellee General Dynamics Corp.

Before: MESKILL, Chief Judge, OAKES and NEWMAN, Circuit Judges.


JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal concerns the military contractor defense, see Boyle v. United Technologies Corp., 487 U.S. 500, 108 S.Ct. 2510, 101 L.Ed.2d 442 (1988). The precise issue is whether the defense protects a contractor from whom the Government purchased replacement parts with knowledge of a design defect even if the Government had not previously approved specifications for the product with knowledge of the...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases