Magical Farms, Inc. v. Land O'Lakes, Inc.

VAN TATENHOVE, District Judge.

Magical Farms, Inc., and Majestic Meadows Alpacas, Inc. (collectively “the Farms”), challenge four decisions made by the District Court during the course of their litigation with Land O’Lakes, Inc., and Land O’Lakes Farmland Feed, LLC (collectively “the Lakes”). For the reasons that follow, we REVERSE and REMAND for a new trial.

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The Farms raise alpacas. In the winter of 2003, they pm-chased alpaca feed from the Lakes. As a result of eating this feed, many alpacas died or were injured. The alpaca feed had been manufactured in the Lakes’ Massillon plant, the same…