Kwipco, Inc. v. General Trailer Co., Inc.

This is an action by the purchaser of modular house moving trailers against the manufacturer of such trailers for damages for breach of contract and breach of warranty. A jury returned a verdict for plaintiff for $24,867.34. That verdict included $15,000 to compensate plaintiff for its potential liability to Speed Cut, Inc. (its “parent corporation” and the re-purchaser from plaintiff of such traders), for alleged damage to Speed Cut’s good will caused by similar breaches of contract and warranty on resale of the trailers by it.

On defendant’s motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict,…