Legal Opinion

John D. Szabo, Doing Business as Zatron v. Bridgeport MacHines Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided May 4, 2001No. 01-8003PublishedCited by 520 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

The district court has certified a nationwide class of all persons who since the beginning of 1996 have bought machine tools that include a “DX-32 Control Unit” manufactured by Bridgeport Machines. 199 F.R.D. 280 (N.D.Ind.2001). The DX-32 unit combines computer hardware and software to direct machine tools in performing complex tasks, such as milling metal in three dimensions. Plaintiff John Szabo believes that all DX-32 units sold during the past five years are defective and that Bridgeport (or its agents) also committed fraud in describing to customers the…

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