Amfac Foods, Inc. v. International Systems & Controls Corp.

This is an action for damages for alleged breach of a contract to supply and install certain equipment in connection with the construction of a large potato processing plant. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff. Defendants appeal. We affirm.

Plaintiff is a food processing firm. On the strength of a contract with the McDonald’s restaurant chain, a longtime customer, plaintiff decided to build a large plant at Hermiston to process a new potato product. Defendant Flodin, Inc. (Flodin) is an engineering and manufacturing firm specializing in building food processing machinery, which had…