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Brown Machine, Inc. v. Hercules, Inc
Facts
Plaintiff sold Defendant a trim press. At the beginning of negotiations for the purchase of the trim press, Defendant requested a quote for the trim press from Plaintiff. Plaintiff submitted a proposal to Defendant, which included an indemnity provision. Defendant called Plaintiff and indicated that a purchase order had been prepared, but that Defendant objected to the deposit. Plaintiff indicated that the deposit could not be waived. The purchase order was for a trim press with the specifications of the quote with the exception that “Standard regular forward trim” should be changes to “Reverse trim.” The purchase order expressly limited acceptance to the terms included in the purchase order and expressly rejected any terms not included. The purchase order provided that acceptance of the terms of the purchase order could be made by accepting the order, delivering the press, or providing services call for in the purchase order. The purchase order did not contain an indemnity provision. Two copies of the purchase order were sent to Plaintiff, one to keep and one to return. Plaintiff never returned the acknowledgement copy. Plaintiff then sent an invoice to Defendant requesting the deposit and an order acknowledgement that included the same provisions as the proposal, including the indemnity provision. The order acknowledgement also included a provision requiring notification within 7 days if the terms and conditions were not consistent with Defendant’s understanding. Defendant responded to the order acknowledgement by again requesting that “Standard regular forward trim” be replaced with “Reverse trim”, but stating that all other specifications were correct. Defendant never paid the deposit, but Plaintiff shipped the trim press and Defendant paid the full purchase price. An employee of Defendant was injured while operating the press and sued Plaintiff. Plaintiff demanded that Defendant defend the suit and Defendant refused. Plaintiff settled the suit and initiated this action for indemnification.
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