Legal Opinion

Crown Battery Manufacturing Co. v. Club Car, Inc.

District Court, N.D. Ohio

Decided May 9, 2016No. Case No. 3:12CV2158PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

James G. Carr, Senior United States District Judge

ORDER

This is a contract and warranty suit between a battery maker, plaintiff Crown Battery Manufacturing, Inc., and a manufacturer of golf carts, defendant Club Car, Inc.

The core dispute is straightforward: who is responsible for the fact that the Crown-made batteries powering Club Car’s carts could not hold a charge, such that the carts regularly lost power during a round of golf? See Crown Battery Mfg. Co. v. Club Car, Inc., 2015 WL 5011988, *4-5 (N.D.Ohio 2015) (Crown VIII).

Crown contends its batteries met Club Car’s specifications. It blames…

2Cases cited13 opinions

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