Legal Opinion
Global Truck & Equipment Co. v. Palmer MacHine Works, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Mississippi
Decided February 7, 1986No. EC 83 174 GD DPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
DAVIDSON, District Judge.
The plaintiff Global Truck & Equipment Co., Inc. (Global) brings this action for damages arising from the sale of alleged defective dump trailers sold by Palmer Machine Works, Inc. (Palmer). The plaintiff seeks recovery under the theories of strict liability in tort, negligent design and breach of express and implied warranties. The defendant asserts that the trailers sold by it were free from defect and the trailer turnovers were the result of the misuse of the product in that the trailers were made for hauling washed rock and gravel only and that a…
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