KLEVEN v. GEIGY AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS

No. 44467.

227 N.W.2d 566 (1975)

George KLEVEN et al., Appellants, v. GEIGY AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, a.k.a. Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

March 21, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Prindle, Maland & Ward and W. D. Prindle, Montevideo, for appellants.

Nelson, Oyen & Torvik and John P. Nelson, Montevideo, for respondent.

Heard before OTIS, PETERSON, and SCOTT, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.


PETERSON, Justice.

Plaintiffs, George and James Kleven, purchased herbicide from defendant, Ciba-Geigy Corporation, for use on their farmland near Milan, Minnesota. Plaintiffs sued defendant for breach of an express warranty of fitness and merchantability because the herbicide did not effectively provide weed control. The jury, by special verdict, found that defendant had breached an express warranty and found that, as a direct result of this breach, plaintiffs sustained...

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