J.A. Industries, Inc. v. All American Plastics, Inc.

Shaw, Judge.

This summary judgment appeal arises from the bulk purchase of certain manufacturing equipment by plaintiff-appellant, J.A. Industries, Inc., from defendant-appellee All American Plastics (“AAP”). At the time of the purchase, defendant-appellee G. Richard Howard was the president and a minority shareholder of All American Plastics, and James M. Appold was the president and sole shareholder of appellant J.A. Industries, Inc.

Primarily at issue in this case is a particular piece of equipment called a “calendar line,” which makes rolls of plastic sheeting. In the summer of 1993, Appold…