Opinion ID: 2994629
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Breach of Contractual Warranties

Text: Last, and briefly, Midwest alleges a breach of CMI’s express six-month warranty to PI. It claims that CMI was unable or unwilling to correct existing problems. What it does not explain, however, is what kind of defect in materials or workmanship caused the drums to be unsatisfactory. The express warranty extended only to such defects. It was also limited to the buyer and was not assignable or otherwise transferrable. If we regard PI as the buyer, then Midwest was excluded by the latter language and there was no breach of the express warranty. If, perhaps because of the payment clause, we regard Midwest as a joint buyer, then Midwest still loses because of its failure to point to evidence showing defects in materials or workmanship. In the final analysis, the party that Midwest needed to pursue was its seller, PI. Indeed, it did include PI in this action at the outset. The terms of its settlement with PI are not pertinent to its case against CMI and are not in any event a matter of record. We hold only that, under the facts as presented and the governing law, the district court correctly granted summary judgment in the case Midwest wanted to bring against CMI.