The Grigoleit Co. v. Whirlpool Corp.

Dist. Ct. did not err in finding that defendant owed plaintiff $140,000 in lost royalties pursuant to contract that required defendant to purchase from plaintiff certain knobs produced by plaintiff that defendant used in certain brand lines of washing machines and dryers, even though plaintiff argued that appropriate remedy was lost profits arising out of defendant’s failure to “consider” plaintiff’s knobs for other brand lines as required by terms of contract. Terms of contract merely stated that defendant would pay royalties associated with manufacture of knobs if it failed to consider plaintiff’s knobs for other brand lines. As such, plaintiff could not obtain lost profits arising out of any lost sales of knobs.