Vista St. Clair, Inc. v. Landry's Commercial Furnishings, Inc.

Vista St. Clair (plaintiff) bought about $8,500 in carpet from Landry's (defendant) for two apartment-building floors, but the carpet developed a manufacturing-defect discoloration resembling mud stains within six months. After 3.5 years of unresolved discussions about fixing or replacing the carpet, Vista sued for breach of warranty, having by then replaced the carpet at its own cost of roughly $11,000; Vista's president testified the defective carpet became worthless once discolored. The trial court, without explicitly valuing the defective carpet, awarded Vista $2,500 in damages, and Landry's appealed.