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Contracts : Breach Of Contract – Wrongful Termination –  Bacon-Cooking Process

Stephanie Maniscalco//April 25, 2018//

Contracts : Breach Of Contract – Wrongful Termination –  Bacon-Cooking Process

Stephanie Maniscalco//April 25, 2018//

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Where a meat product manufacturer and a producer of commercial ovens, which were both parties in a breach of contract case, challenged the dismissal of their claims, the judgment is affirmed because the oven producer’s wrongful termination claim was not supported by the evidence, and  the manufacturer’s cross claim failed because the manufacturer did not show that it owned the cooking process and its patent.

Judgment is affirmed.

HIP, Inc. v. Hormel Foods Corporation (MLW No. 71577/Case No. 16-3679 – 13 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Loken, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, Ericksen, J. (Thomas Harlan Dahlk, Omaha, Nebraska, argued for appellant) (Timothy Michael O’Shea, Minneapolis, argued for appellee).

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