Legal Opinion
Gilbert Waters v. Massey-Ferguson, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 28, 1985No. 84-1882PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
This case presents a familiar problem in commercial law. Separate warranty provisions limited a buyer’s remedies for defective goods to the repair or replacement of parts and limited the buyer’s recoverable losses from defective goods by disclaiming seller responsibility for consequential damages. The goods in fact were defective, the seller could not repair, and the buyer suffered catastrophic financial losses. In the subsequent lawsuit, the seller relies on the warranty exclusion of consequential damages. We find, however, that the exclusion expressed in this…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Clark v. International Harvester Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1978
- S. M. Wilson & Company v. Smith International, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
- Murray v. Holiday Rambler, Inc.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1978
- American Electric Power Co. v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1976
- Adams v. J. I. Case Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1970
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Milgard Tempering, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Selas Corporation of America, a Foreign Corporation, Defendant-Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- Rheem Manufacturing Co. v. Phelps Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc.Indiana Supreme Court · 2001
- Myrtle Beach Pipeline Corp. v. Emerson Electric Co.District Court, D. South Carolina · 1993
- Cooley v. Big Horn Harvestore Systems, Inc.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1991
- B. Anders Nyquist and Harriet Nyquist v. Dale Randall, Donald Berry, Janet Melear, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
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