Legal Opinion
Eide v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided January 31, 1996No. NonePublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KONENKAMP, Justice.
[¶ 1] The circuit court’s failure to give the parties notice of its intent to convert a motion to dismiss into a summary judgment motion was error. Accordingly, we reverse and remand.
Facts
[¶ 2] Eide, a Gregory County farmer, sued Du Pont De Nemours & Co. and Dakota Pride Cooperative for damages sustained to his corn crop, allegedly caused by Du Pont’s Accent herbicide. After purchasing the product from Dakota Pride in June 1991, Eide applied it to approximately 160 acres of cropland. He contends the herbicide stunted the growth of the corn, resulting in a substantially…
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