Legal Opinion
Ronald Burzlaff v. Thoroughbred Motorsports Incor
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 10, 2014No. 13-2520PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
The trial judge in this case provided textbook examples of how to construe a statute and how to modify pattern jury instructions that do not quite fit the facts of the specific trial. Plaintiff Ronald Bur-zlaff bought a defective “Stallion” motorized tricycle from defendant Thoroughbred Motorsports, Inc. When Burzlaff reported the first of multiple problems to Thoroughbred, the company instructed him to take his vehicle to a nearby Ford dealer for warranty repairs. Burzlaff wound up doing so repeatedly. After the vehicle had been out of service for repairs for 71 days…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Unitherm Food Systems, Inc. v. Swift-Eckrich, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2006
- Dickerson v. ColgroveSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Insurance Co. v. WilkinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
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