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McCONNELL v. CATERPILLAR TRACTOR CO.

Civ. A. No. 85-2479.

646 F.Supp. 1520 (1986)

William B. McCONNELL, Leroy E. Truex and Talbot Bird & Co., Inc., Plaintiffs, v. CATERPILLAR TRACTOR CO. and Giles & Ransome, Defendants/Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. CHARLES ECKEL & SONS, INC. and William Eckel, Third-Party Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

November 7, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miller and Barken by Lee A. Barkan, Hackensack, N.J., for plaintiffs.

Carpenter, Bennett & Morrissey by William A. Carpenter, Jr., Newark, N.J. and Martin, Crawshaw & Mayfield by Linton W. Turner, Jr., Westmont, N.J., for defendants/third-party plaintiffs.

Ferrara & Waldman by Michael J. Waldman, Cherry Hill, N.J., for third-party defendants.

COHEN, Senior District Judge:

In this admiralty case, plaintiffs William B. McConnell and Leroy E. Truex, commercial fishermen, and Talbot Bird & Co., Inc., their insurer, seek to recover damages sustained due to the breakdown of a defective crankshaft manufactured by defendant Caterpillar Tractor Co. ("Caterpillar"), and distributed by defendant Giles & Ransome. Defendants have filed claims for contribution against third-party defendants Charles Eckel &...

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