General Trading International, Inc., Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Appellant/cross-Appellee

BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

General Trading International, Inc. (GTI), sued Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., for breach of contract, action for goods sold, and action on account in a dispute arising out of Wal-Mart’s alleged failure to pay for large numbers of decorative “vine reindeer” sold to Wal-Mart for resale to the public during the 1999 Christmas season. Wal-Mart counterclaimed for breach of contract and for fraud. According to Wal-Mart, most of the reindeer, manufactured in Haiti, were “scary-looking” and unsuitable for sale as Christmas merchandise. Wal-Mart claims that GTI orally agreed to absorb…