Federated Equipment & Supply Co. v. Miro Mold & Duplicating Corp.

Defendants, Miro Mold & Duplicating Corporation (MIRO), Co-Op Mold & Engineering, Inc. (CO-OP), and Jules Stein, appeal from a judgment entered in a bench trial awarding compensatory and punitive damages totaling $1,071,080 to plaintiffs, Federated Equipment and Supply Company, Inc. (FEDESCO), and Lukas American, Inc. (LUKAS). Defendants contend that the trial court erred: (1) in striking their sixth affirmative defense, which was based upon a claimed arbitration which was alleged to have resolved the dispute between the parties; (2) in issuing an injunction against defendants as the evidence…