Smith v. Poly Expert, Inc.

ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS TO DISMISS

Mark E. Walker, United States District Judge

Plaintiffs, a number of North Florida farmers, claim that their watermelon crops *1298were damaged when plastic mulch manufactured by Defendant Poly Expert, Inc. degraded prematurely. ECF No. 61, at 6 ¶¶ 18-21. It turns out that the premature degradation may have been caused in part by an additive made by Defendant Willow Ridge Plastics, Inc. Id. at 11-13 ¶¶ 46-46.

Plaintiffs (“Farmers”) seek damages from Poly Expert and Willow Ridge under a number of different legal theories— breach of warranty, strict liability, etc. See…