Legal Opinion
Carhartt, Inc. v. Innovative Textiles, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided June 11, 2018No. Case No. 17–cv–13604PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JUDITH E. LEVY, United States District Judge
I. Background
After Carhartt, Inc. found out that its fire resistant garments containing Innovative *921Textiles, Inc.'s ("ITI") fire resistant fabric were not actually fire resistant, Carhartt sued ITI. Carhartt brings claims for breach of contract, negligence, and other theories against ITI, alleging that ITI's decision to change the fibers it incorporated into its fire resistant fabric from an industry standard fiber to a new, untested competitor caused the defect in Carhartt's products. ITI then filed a third-party complaint against Gentry Mills,…
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