Gkw Electronics, Inc., a Hawaii Corporation v. Zenith Electronics Corporation

967 F.2d 586 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. GKW ELECTRONICS, INC., a Hawaii corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ZENITH ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee. No. 91-15791. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 4, 1992. Decided July 8, 1992. Before CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, BRUNETTI and LEAVY, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 GKW Electronics, Inc. ("GKW") appeals from the district court's grant of summary judgment to Zenith Electronics Corporation ("Zenith"). The district court held that Illinois law was applicable to GKW's claim because GKW was a third-party beneficiary of contracts between Zenith and the distributors from whom GKW purchased defective circuit boards (the "Zenith-distributors contracts"). Since Illinois law does not permit recovery of economic damages in implied warranty actions, the district court granted summary judgment to Zenith on this claim. We hold that the district court should have applied…