Legal Opinion
First Choice Armor & Equipment, Inc. v. Toyobo America, Inc.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided February 17, 2012No. Civil Action No. 09-11380-NMGPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM & ORDER
GORTON, District Judge.
This action arises from allegations of breach of warranty, fraud and deceptive acts and practices related to the sale of Zylon® fiber used in the manufacture of (purportedly) bulletproof vests.
I. Factual background
Between 2000 and 2005, Toyobo Co., Ltd. (“Toyobo Co.”), a Japanese corporation, and its North American subsidiary, Toyobo America, Inc. (“Toyobo America”), a New York corporation, manufactured and sold Zylon® fiber to various third-party weaving companies who, after converting it into woven ballistic fabric, sold that fabric to body armor…
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