Sunday, June 29, 2025

My dad took me in a small airplane when I was 9 years old - while he worked on a Superwood lawsuit

 if insects are scared of superwood how toxic is it? What is it off-gassing? There already was a Super-wood plant made by Georgia-Pacific in Cloquet, MN. My dad did legal work for them at one time. I went there as a kid - probably 10 years old. Yeah we went to the Bemidji mn plant because we got a small airplane ride also. A flying lesson! Now it's a Superfund site! SUPERWOOD CORPORATION NUPLY DIVISION (EPA ID: MND057604563) Site Information Site Info | Aliases | Operable Units | Contaminants | Contacts Administrative Records | Reports and Documents Site Name: SUPERWOOD CORPORATION NUPLY DIVISION Street: MIDWAY DRIVE

City / State / ZIP: BEMIDJI, MN 56601311 N.W.2d 159 (1981) SUPERWOOD CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. SIEMPELKAMP CORPORATION and G. Siempelkamp & Company, Defendants. No. 51867. Supreme Court of Minnesota. October 2, 1981. *160 Robins, Zelle, Larson & Kaplan, Robert M. Wattson and David Evinger, Minneapolis, Dorsey, Windhorst, Hannaford, Whitney & Halladay, William J. Hempel, Philip M. Chen, and Stephen R. Duerr, Minneapolis, for plaintiff. Faegre & Benson, Norman R. Carpenter, Robert L. Schnell, Jr., and Brian B. O'Neill, Minneapolis, for defendants.
 
 
 
  • Parties Involved:
    • G. Siempelkamp & Company (Defendant)
    • Superwood Corporation (Plaintiff)
    • Siempelkamp Corporation (Defendant)
  • Case Type: Civil
  • Jurisdiction: Supreme Court of Minnesota
  • Disposition: Other
  • Dispute Synopsis: Superwood brought an action in Federal District Court in 1979 based on negligence, strict products liability, breach of warranty, and breach of contract. Superwood Corporation purchased a hot plate press manufactured by G. Siempelkamp in 1954. The press operated without problems from 1954 to 1975. In 1975, the cylinder on the hot plate press failed and could not be repaired. The federal court granted summary judgment for the defendant on the contract and warranty claims due to statute of limitations. Superwood sought $616,716 in damages for damage to the press and lost profits.
  • Outcome: The Minnesota Supreme Court answered the certified questions in the negative, holding that economic losses arising out of commercial transactions, except those involving personal injury or damage to other property, are not recoverable under the tort theories of negligence or strict products liability.
  • Winning Party: Siempelkamp Corporation (Defendant)
  • Judges: Scott, Yetka, Sheran
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