GENERAL FOODS CORP. v. VALLEY LEA DAIRIES, INC.

No. 84-2625.

771 F.2d 1093 (1985)

GENERAL FOODS CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. VALLEY LEA DAIRIES, INC. and Lyons Creamery Cooperative Association, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 30, 1985.

Rehearing Denied October 10, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh E. Reynolds, Jr., Indianapolis, Ind., for plaintiff-appellant.

James H. Pankow, Arthur A. May, South Bend, Ind., for defendants-appellees.

Before BAUER and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges, and CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.


WILLIAM J. CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.

This case centers around a commercial transaction involving three parties: plaintiff, General Foods Corporation (General Foods), and co-defendants, Valley Lea Dairies, Inc. (Valley Lea) and Lyons Creamery Cooperative Association (Lyons). On appeal the case primarily addresses the issue of when liability for defects in a product can shift from seller to buyer or, more specifically, when an implied warranty for merchantability...

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