Legal Opinion
Boyd v. Tornier, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 24, 2011No. 10-2052, 10-2068PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Circuit Judge.
Tornier is a manufacturer of medical goods related to joint replacement and soft tissue repair. It has distributors all over the United States, including Boyd Medical, run by Garry Boyd, (collectively “Boyd”) in Missouri and Addison Medical, run by Charles Wetherill, (collectively ‘Wetherill”) in Iowa. Both Boyd and Wetherill had exclusive distributorship agreements with Tornier and relied heavily on that relationship for their financial health. Tornier, sadly for them, had other ideas and terminated its agreements with each one. As with many breakups, somebody got hurt.…
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