Intervale Steel Corporation v. Borg and Beck Division Borg-Warner Corporation

762 F.2d 1008

Unpublished Disposition
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INTERVALE STEEL CORPORATION, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT,
v.
BORG AND BECK DIVISION BORG-WARNER CORPORATION, DEFENDANT-APPELLEE.

NO. 84-1092

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

3/25/85

ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN

Before: CONTIE and MILBURN, Circuit Judges; and PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM.

1

Intervale Steel Corporation appeals from a judgment of the district court holding that Borg-Warner's damages for breach of warranty may be set-off against Intervale's contract claim. 'It is not the policy or practice of this court, in reviewing cases on appeal where a district court has rendered a comprehensive opinion with which we find ourselves in full agreement, to rewrite such an opinion and, in a sense, to deprive the trial court of the credit of its careful consideration of the issues and arguments, and complete determination of the cause. . . .' Patrol Valve Co. v. Robertshaw-Fulton Controls Co., 210 F.2d 146, 147-48 (6th Cir. 1954); Stephenson v. Duriron Company, 428 F.2d 387, 392 (6th Cir. 1970). We concur in Judge Pratt's opinion in this case reported at 578 F. Supp. 1081.1

2

Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.

1

Intervale contends that Borg waived its right to set-off its damages for breach warranty against Intervale's contract claim by voluntarily dismissing its counterclaim based on breach of warranty. However, Borg's clear assertion of breach of warranty and set-off in its answer preserves the right to set-off despite the voluntary dismissal