Legal Opinion
West Bend Co. v. Chiaphua Industries, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided August 29, 2000No. 98-C-567PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
RANDA, District Judge.
This diversity case comes before the Court on cross-motions for summary judgment by the plaintiff, The West Bend Company (‘West Bend”), and defendants Chiaphua Industries, Inc. (“Chiaphua”) and Royal Insurance Company of America (“Royal”). Chiaphua supplied hot air corn poppers to West Bend, including a unit that allegedly caused a 1989 fire in the Bloomfield, Connecticut home of Richard and Pamela RóoL-Palazzolo. In 1997, West Bend settled a products liability suit arising out of the fire for $120,000. At approximately the same time, West Bend first…
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