PLATT ELECTRICAL SUPPLY, INC. v. UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES, INC.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today released an opinion in PLATT ELECTRICAL SUPPLY, INC. v. UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES, INC., No. 05-15672, a diversity appeal. The panel consisted of Ronald M. Gould and Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Circuit Judges, and Alfred V. Covello, Senior Judge.
RAWLINSON, Circuit Judge:
In its complaint, Appellant Platt Electrical Supply, Inc. (Platt) alleged that Appellee Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (UL), a non-profit consumer safety group, negligently misrepresented and fraudulently concealed that defective in-wall heaters were safe. Platt challenges the district court’s grant of UL’s motion to dismiss and motion for judgment on the . . .