133354P.pdf   03/04/2015  IPSCO Tubulars, Inc.  v.  Ajax TOCCO Magnathermic Corp.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  13-3354
                          and No:  13-3466
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Jonesboro   
   [PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Wollman and Colloton, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Contracts. Applying the principles of Arkansas law, the most 
   reasonable interpretation of the contract as a whole obligated defendant 
   to provide equipment that could uniformly heat-treat pipe, at 96 fpm, 
   without causing distortion, cracks or inconsistencies that would prevent 
   the pipe's conversion to higher API grades; the evidence supported the 
   court's conclusion that defendant breached the contract; the evidence was 
   sufficient to establish that the defects in defendant's equipment was the 
   cause of the defects in the pipe; the court's damage award was not fully 
   explained, and this court cannot, in the absence of additional 
   explanation, perform a meaningful review of the award; remanded to permit 
   the district court to enter findings of fact and conclusions of law 
   regarding the damage award; with respect to plaintiff's cross-appeal, the 
   district court did not err in finding plaintiff had failed to establish 
   its gross negligence claim.