Court Opinion

ID: 9734998
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 17:55:54.937277+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:26:53.489409
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GARRARD, Judge,
dissenting.
I respectfully dissent. The materials before the court established that the lathe in question had been used by Yamazen commencing in 1981 as a demonstrator. At that time it was used for hundreds, if not thousands, of hours running thousands of parts at trade shows. Furthermore, when the machine was sold it was sold as a used machine at a substantially discounted price.
I do not believe that “demonstration” is a shibboleth that precludes the operation of the ten year statute. On the undisputed facts of the ease before us the trial court correctly granted summary judgment.
I would affirm.