Great Northern Packaging, Inc. v. General Tire & Rubber Co.

R. B. Burns,

P.J. Plaintiff appeals, and defendant General Tire cross-appeals, from a judgment entered on a verdict rendered in favor of plaintiff for $112,000 following a jury trial. Against the verdict, the trial court allowed a setoff of $13,000, representing a prior settlement with Colonial. On appeal, plaintiff challenges the setoff and General Tire challenges the verdict.

Plaintiff is engaged in the business of designing, manufacturing and selling packaging materials and systems. In the fall of 1978, General Tire solicited proposals for a packaging system to transport fiberglass front-end…