Legal Opinion
Portland Valve, Inc. v. Rockwood Systems Corp.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided June 13, 1983PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARTER, Justice.
The plaintiff, Portland Valve, Inc. (PVI), appeals a directed verdict entered in Superi- or Court, Cumberland County, in favor of one of the defendants, Gulf & Western Manufacturing Co. (GW). Rockwood Systems Corp. (RSC), the other defendant, cross-appeals a judgment entered in favor of PVI. We affirm the judgment rendered in favor of GW. We reverse the judgment entered against RSC.
I. Procedural and Factual Background
In 1973, GW manufactured and sold both government proprietary and nonproprietary ball valve parts for use in Navy submarines. GW designed the proprietary ball…
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