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MORSE/DIESEL, INC. v. TRINITY INDUSTRIES, INC.

Nos. 84 Civ. 5791 (SWK), 84 Civ. 6103 (SWK).

655 F.Supp. 346 (1987)

MORSE/DIESEL, INC., Plaintiff, v. TRINITY INDUSTRIES, INC. and Mosher Steel Co., Defendants. TRINITY INDUSTRIES, INC., Counterclaimant, v. MORSE/DIESEL, INC., Counterclaim-Defendant. TRINITY INDUSTRIES, INC., Third-party Plaintiff, v. JOHN PORTMAN ASSOCIATES, INC., Weidlinger Associates, Inc., Helena Erectors, Inc., St. Lawrence Cement Co., A.J. McNulty & Co., Inc. and Blakeslee Prestress, Inc., Third-party Defendants. HELENA ERECTORS, INC., Third-party Defendant, v. TRINITY INDUSTRIES, INC., Third-party Plaintiff. HELENA ERECTORS, INC., Third-party Defendant, v. MORSE/DIESEL, INC., Plaintiff. HELENA ERECTORS, INC., Cross-claimant, v. BLAKESLEE PRESTRESS, INC., John Portman Associates, Inc., Weidlinger Associates, Inc., St. Lawrence Cement Co., Inc., and A.J. McNulty, Inc., Cross-claim Defendants. JOHN PORTMAN ASSOCIATES, INC., Third-party Defendant, v. TRINITY INDUSTRIES, INC., Third-party Defendant. JOHN PORTMAN ASSOCIATES, INC., Cross-Claimant, v. HELENA ERECTORS, INC., Cross-claim Defendant. HELENA ERECTORS, INC., Plaintiff, [VV] v. TRINITY INDUSTRIES, INC. and Aetna Insurance Co., Defendants. TRINITY INDUSTRIES, INC., Counterclaimant, v. HELENA ERECTORS, INC., Counterclaim-Defendant. TRINITY INDUSTRIES, INC., Third-party Plaintiff, v. MORSE/DIESEL, INC., John Portman Associates, Inc., Weidlinger Associates, Inc., St. Lawrence Cement Co., A.J. McNulty, Inc. and Blakeslee Prestress, Inc., Third-party Defendants. HELENA ERECTORS, INCORPORATED, Counterclaim-Defendant, v. MORSE/DIESEL, INC., Blakeslee Prestress, Inc., John Portman Associates, Inc., Weidlinger Associates, Inc., St. Lawrence Cement Co., Inc. and A.J. McNulty & Co., Inc., Third-party Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

March 7, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hynes, Diamond & Reidy, P.C., New York City by James H. Reidy, for Morse/Diesel, Inc.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York City by Henry P. Wasserstein, Steven J. Kolleeny, for Trinity Industries, Inc.

Hart & Hume, New York City by Cecil Holland, Jr., Thomas Fenerty, for Helena Erectors, Inc.

Peckar & Abramson, New York City by Robert A. Drucker, for A.J. McNulty & Co., Inc. and Blakeslee Prestress, Inc.

McGuire & Tiernan, New York City by Harold F. McGuire, Jr., Heron Burchette, Ruckert & Rothwell, Washington, D.C., for St. Lawrence Cement Co.

Shea & Gould, New York City by Kenneth H. Lazaruk, for Weidlinger Associates, Inc.

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, New York City by Adlai S. Hardin, Jr., for John Portman Associates, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

KRAM, District Judge.

These cases arise out of the construction of the Times Square Hotel in New York City. Pursuant to a subcontract with Morse/Diesel ("Morse"), the general contractor, Mosher Steel Company (which later merged with Trinity Industries, Inc. and which will hereafter be referred to as Trinity) was the structural steel fabricator and erector subcontractor and installed concrete plank and metal deck. Pursuant to...

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