Kleven v. Geigy Agricultural Chemicals

Peterson, Justice.

Plaintiffs, George and James Kleven, purchased herbicide from defendant, Ciba-Geigy Corporation, for use on their farmland near Milan, Minnesota. Plaintiffs sued defendant for breach of an express warranty of fitness and merchantability because the herbicide did not effectively provide weed control. The jury, by special verdict, found that defendant had breached an express warranty and found that, as a direct result of this breach, plaintiffs sustained damages of $2,146.20 for the reasonable cost of the herbicide and for the expenses incurred in, applying the product. The…