Title: Kingston Pipe Industries, Inc. v. Champlain Sprinkler, Inc.

State: vermont

Issuer: Vermont Supreme Court

Document:

Kingston Pipe Industries, Inc. v. Champlain Sprinkler, Inc. (2003-271); 
177 Vt. 484; 857 A.2d 767

2004 VT 59

[Filed 15-Jun-2004]

                                 ENTRY ORDER

                                 2004 VT 59

                      SUPREME COURT DOCKET NO. 2003-271

                              MARCH TERM, 2004

  Kingston Pipe Industries, Inc.       }	APPEALED FROM:
                                       }
                                       }
       v.	                       }	Franklin Superior Court
                                       }	
  Champlain Sprinkler, Inc. and        }
  Bruce Pelkey	                       }
                                       }	DOCKET NO. S 292-02 Fc

                                                Trial Judge: Dennis R. Pearson

             In the above-entitled cause, the Clerk will enter:

       ¶  1.  Champlain Sprinkler, Inc., and company president Bruce Pelkey
  (together Champlain) appeal a summary judgment decision of the Franklin
  Superior Court granting Kingston Pipe Industries, Inc., (Kingston) damages
  in the amount of $14,093.28, attorney's fees, and court costs.  Champlain
  contends that summary judgment was improper because there is a genuine
  issue of material fact about whether Kingston was in breach of warranty for
  defects in its pipe and, if so, whether Champlain's costs to cure the
  defects should offset the damages.  We reverse.

       ¶  2.  In reviewing a summary judgment decision, we use "the same
  standard as the trial court, and affirm the granting of a motion for
  summary judgment if there are no genuine issues of material fact and the
  moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law."  Springfield
  Hydroelectric Co. v. Copp, 172 Vt. 311, 313,