Cargill, Inc. v. Boag Cold Storage Warehouse, Inc.

DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered on a verdict for the plaintiff in a diversity action governed by Michigan law.

The action was brought by the producer of a premium brand of frozen turkeys. Two grocery distributors that had purchased turkeys of this brand from the plaintiff arranged to have the birds stored at a warehouse operated by the defendant. After allegedly allowing some of the turkeys to thaw, and without telling anyone what had happened, the warehouse company was said to have refrozen the birds and released them for sale to the public. The…