Legal Opinion
Sierra Diesel Injection Service, Inc. v. Burroughs Corporation, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 16, 1989No. 87-2373PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENS, Senior District Judge:
Sierra Diesel Injection Service, Inc. (Sierra Diesel) is a family owned and operated business that services the fuel injection portions of diesel engines and sells related diesel engine parts. In September 1977, 19 year old Caroline Cathey, the daughter-in-law of the Sierra Diesel’s owner and operator James Cathey, worked as the company bookkeeper. She went to the Reno, Nevada branch office of the Burroughs Corporation (Burroughs) to purchase a posting machine to speed up Sierra Diesel’s invoicing and accounting. The salespeople at Burroughs told Caroline…
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