FabMetals, Inc. v. Stratacache, Inc.

Citations

• 246 N.E.3d 36
• 2024 Ohio 2006

Syllabus

The trial court awarded more than $3 million in damages to appellee, a manufacturer and provider of digital menu boards, because of defective painting performed by appellant, a company that fabricates and paints metal parts. Portions of the trial court's damages award were against the manifest weight of the evidence. The trial court must conduct a new trial solely to determine the amount of damages that 1) were already incurred to replace defective menu boards, 2) will actually be incurred to replace defective menu boards during their ten-year design life, and 3) were already incurred to investigate the cause of the defective menu boards. Judgment affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.