Legal Opinion
Carlisle v. Deere & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 7, 2009No. 08-2502PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
The Beast, manufactured by Bandit Industries, Inc., is a commercial-grade tree grinder that weighs approximately 60,000 pounds and is the size of a semi-trailer. The Beast feeds on logs up to thirty-six inches in diameter, reducing them to mulch at a rate of up to one acre’s clearance per day. In 2002, the plaintiffs, Steve Carlisle and John Buszkiewicz, purchased a Beast, equipped with a 12.5-liter John Deere engine, for use in their landscaping and excavating business. Carlisle and Buszkiewicz soon discovered, however, that their Beast lacked the muscle befitting its…
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