Filed: Aug. 15, 2019
Latest Update: Aug. 15, 2019
Summary: OPINION AND ORDER 1 SHERI POLSTER CHAPPELL , District Judge . Before the Court is Linstol USA, LLC's Motion for Entry of Default Final Judgment (Doc. 32). The Court previously granted the motion in part but determined that a hearing should be held to determine the appropriate amount of damages. (Doc. 34). Since 2015, Linstol has purchased b4-brand hand sanitizer from Midway to be incorporated into amenity kits for United Airlines. (Doc. 25 at 2-3). The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Summary: OPINION AND ORDER 1 SHERI POLSTER CHAPPELL , District Judge . Before the Court is Linstol USA, LLC's Motion for Entry of Default Final Judgment (Doc. 32). The Court previously granted the motion in part but determined that a hearing should be held to determine the appropriate amount of damages. (Doc. 34). Since 2015, Linstol has purchased b4-brand hand sanitizer from Midway to be incorporated into amenity kits for United Airlines. (Doc. 25 at 2-3). The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) i..
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OPINION AND ORDER1
SHERI POLSTER CHAPPELL, District Judge.
Before the Court is Linstol USA, LLC's Motion for Entry of Default Final Judgment (Doc. 32). The Court previously granted the motion in part but determined that a hearing should be held to determine the appropriate amount of damages. (Doc. 34).
Since 2015, Linstol has purchased b4-brand hand sanitizer from Midway to be incorporated into amenity kits for United Airlines. (Doc. 25 at 2-3). The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an Import Alert in late December 2017, banning import of b4 hand sanitizer. Midway was aware of the ban but did not immediately inform Linstol or stop the shipment of b4 hand sanitizer. When Midway finally told Linstol about the Import Alert two months later, the banned hand sanitizer had already been incorporated into more than a million amenity kits. As a result, Linstol paid to have the b4 hand sanitizer removed from the amenity kits and destroyed under FDA supervision. (Doc. 25 at 4). Based on these facts, which are deemed true due to Midway's default, the Court granted Linstol default judgment on its breach-of-warranty claim.
When liability is established by default, a plaintiff must prove damages with reasonable certainty. Crossfit, Inc. v. Quinnie, 232 F.Supp.3d 1295, 1310-11 (N.D. Ga. 2017). "Under Florida law, a claimant in an action for breach of warranty may recover damages for the diminished value of the warranted goods as well as incidental and consequential damages resulting from the breach." Kia Motors Am., Inc. v. Doughty, 242 So.3d 1172, 1175 (Dist. Ct. App. Fla. 2018). Linstol seeks damages of $742,545, representing $689,607 in out-of-pocket costs and $52,938 in lost profits based on a Declaration from Finance Manager Jennifer Bremer. At the damages hearing, Bremer presented invoices supporting these amounts and explained how she calculated them. The Court finds Bremer's testimony credible and Linstol's evidence adequate to support the damages it requests. Linstol is also entitled to recovery of its filing fee and service of process costs, totaling $730.50. (See Doc. 32-2).
Accordingly, it is now ORDERED:
The Clerk shall enter default judgment in favor of Plaintiff Linstol USA, LLC against Defendant Midway Advanced Products, LLC in the amount of $743,275.50.
DONE and ORDERED.
