Legal Opinion
Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 2, 1992No. 90-2189PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:
This is a suit between a customer (Kaiser)'who had purchased from a manufacturer (Westinghouse) a component of its electric generator which supplied power for the operation of its aluminum fabricating plant at Ravenswood, West Virginia. The manufactured article was to be used as a spare, available in event of any problem affecting the currently operating generator. When first put into service, the component showed evidences of slippage in the shaft on the second day of operation. The component was returned to Westinghouse for correction of the malfunction.…
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