CONSUMERS POWER CO. v. CURTISS-WRIGHT CORP.

Nos. 84-5728, 84-5764, 85-5027 and 85-5047.

780 F.2d 1093 (1986)

CONSUMERS POWER COMPANY v. CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION. Appeal of CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION, Appellant in Nos. 84-5728 and 85-5027. Appeal of CONSUMERS POWER COMPANY, Appellant in Nos. 84-5764 and 85-5047.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided January 13, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel A. DeGonge (argued), DeGonge, Garrity & Fitzpatrick, P.A., Bloomfield, N.J. for appellant.

R. Peter Connell (argued), Guy F. Clerici, Campbell, Foley, Lee, Murphy & Cerniglia, Asbury Park, N.J., for appellee.

Before SEITZ, WEIS, and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ROSENN, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal from a jury verdict in a diversity action,1 we are presented with the important question whether a commercial party, such as the plaintiff utility, may recover under the law of New Jersey in strict liability for accidental damages to a defectively repaired engine. Consumers Power Company (Consumers Power), a Michigan public utility, sued in the United States District...

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