Marvin Lumber & Cedar Co. v. Sapa Extrusions, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

RICHARD H. KYLE, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Marvin Lumber and Cedar Company (“Marvin”)1 manufactures windows, doors, and related products. For more than ten years it purchased painted aluminum extrusions2 (referred to as “lineals”) from Defendant Sapa Extrusions, *997Inc. (“Sapa”),3 which it used to make aluminum-clad windows and doors. Customers who installed these products in coastal locations eventually began to complain that the products were losing paint adhesion, and Marvin undertook extensive (and expensive) repairs. It commenced this action against Sapa in…