Opheim v. United Mobile Homes

The Opheims sued Champion Home Builders Co., manufacturer, and United Mobile Homes, Inc., distributor, asking $1,153 for required repairs and $10,000 for embarrassment and inconvenience because of alleged imperfections in a mobile home purchased by plaintiffs from United. The suit was in two counts, one for negligent design, engineering, fabrication, assembly, and inspection of the product, and the other for breach of both express and implied warranties. The defendants denied generally; and the matter came on for hearing before the court without a jury, resulting in a general finding for defendant, United, and a judgment that plaintiffs take nothing. The Opheims have appealed, urging error in the courts failure to find a breach of warranty both express and implied and negligence on the part of defendant United and in finding generally against plaintiffs, considering the admitted and undisputed evidence that defendant Uniteds breach of warranties and negligence had damaged plaintiffs.