SmithCo Manufacturing, Inc. v. Haldex Brake Products Corp.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER REGARDING DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND MOTION IN LI-MINE

MARK W. BENNETT, District Judge.

In this case, plaintiff SmithCo Manufacturing, Inc., (SmithCo) asserts claims arising from the substitution by defendant Haldex Brake Products Corporation (Haldex) of a different air control valve for the one Haldex had previously supplied, which SmithCo uses in the air suspension system of the side-dump trailers that it manufactures. SmithCo alleges that, when one of its employees contacted Haldex to ask about the discrepancy in the appearance of the substituted…