Court Opinion

ID: 9484485
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 09:54:47.87578+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:50:16.423458
License: Public Domain

DUHÉ, Circuit Judge,
dissenting:
There are many significant facts in this case which are disputed. The major one is whether or not, as the majority holds, Right Weigh simply bought the wrong equipment for the job it wished to do; a simple “misuse of the product” situation. This determination in turn rests upon other disputed facts. Did Right Weigh make a conscious choice to buy unshielded rather than shielded units? Did Right Weigh test the installations as required? If it had tested them would the problems have manifested themselves? Did the units comply with all appropriate state requirements? Did Right Weigh actually rely upon the several advertisements of the product that it claimed to have relied upon, given their respective dates? Additionally, it is clear that, contrary to the majority holding, the contract between these parties involved both shielded and unshielded units.
The jury decided this cáse after hearing the disputed evidence. That was its function. As I read the record, it can support the jury’s verdict. I, therefore, would not overturn it. For that reason, and with the greatest respect for my brothers of the majority, I dissent.