Legal Opinion
Pittway Corporation v. Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 13, 1981No. 80-1408PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
This diversity suit was brought in the federal District Court for the Northern District of Illinois by the Pittway Corporation (Pittway) against Lockheed Aircraft Corporation (Lockheed) for the cost of repair incurred by Pittway as a result of a cracked mainframe in a jet aircraft designed and manufactured by Lockheed and for the economic loss resulting from the inability to use the aircraft during the period when it was being repaired. The district court held that the case is governed by Wisconsin law, which permits recovery of purely economic damages in product…
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