MAY TRUCKING CO. v. NORTHWEST VOLVO TRUCKS

03C17564; A136410.

241 P.3d 729 (2010)

238 Or. App. 21

MAY TRUCKING COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant Cross-Respondent, v. NORTHWEST VOLVO TRUCKS, INC., an Oregon corporation; and TEC Equipment, Inc., an Oregon corporation, Defendants, and Volvo Trucks North America, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Defendant-Respondent Cross-Appellant. Northwest Volvo Trucks, Inc., an Oregon corporation; and TEC Equipment, Inc., an Oregon corporation, Cross-Claim Plaintiffs, v. Volvo Trucks North America, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Cross-Claim Defendant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided October 20, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon T. Carey, Jr. , Portland, argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellant-cross-respondent.

David M. Jacobson argued the cause for respondent-cross-appellant. With him on the briefs were James R. Hermsen and Dorsey & Whitney LLP.

Before LANDAU, Presiding Judge, and ORTEGA, Judge, and SERCOMBE, Judge.


LANDAU, P.J.

This is a case about unsuccessful negotiations for the sale of a large number of trucks and the intersection between the seventeenth-century statute of frauds and twenty-first century electronic mail. Along the way, there are allegations of breach of contract and the fabrication of documents, as well as issues of equitable estoppel, prejudgment interest, and appellate procedure.

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