MEIER v. ALFA-LAVAL, INC.

No. 88-1755.

454 N.W.2d 576 (1990)

Edward M. MEIER and Evadine Meier, Appellants, Joseph Meier, Karen Meier, and Mark Meier, Plaintiffs, v. ALFA-LAVAL, INC. and Kramer Brothers Dairy Supply, Inc., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied May 23, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Riley and David J. Smith of Tom Riley Law Firm, P.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellants.

Robert D. Houghton and Diane Kutzko of Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P.C., Cedar Rapids, and Ludwig B. Gartner, Jr. and Gerard Nolting of Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellee Alfa-Laval.

Gene Yagla and John A. Stitely of Lindeman & Yagla, Waterloo, for appellee Kramer Brothers Dairy Supply, Inc.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and SCHULTZ, LAVORATO, SNELL and ANDREASEN, JJ.


SCHULTZ, Justice.

This is an action by dairy farmers against the manufacturer and dealer of a milking machine system for damages to their dairy operation caused by that system. On July 26, 1977, Edward and Evadine Meier contacted a dairy equipment dealer, the partnership of Kramer Brothers Dairy Supply, and purchased a new milking machine system manufactured by defendant Alfa-Laval, Inc. (Alfa). The system had four milking units. In 1978 the Meiers added two new units...

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