Cargill, Inc. v. Elliott Farms, Inc.

TICE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a final judgment in a products liability action in which the defendant, Elliott Farms, Inc., received a jury verdict of $166,363.00 on its counterclaim and denied plaintiff, Cargill, Inc., recovery on its complaint. We affirm the judgment.

Elliott Farms, Inc., a family farm corporation involved in cattle feeding, is princi pally owned by Robert Elliott, Sr. and his son Robert Elliott, Jr. (hereinafter, references to Elliott as an individual will be to Robert Elliott, Sr.) Appellant, Cargill, Inc., is a large feed manufacturer. For a number of years,…