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CISG-online number
219
Case name
Thermo King Corp. v. Cigna Insurance Company of Europe SA et al.
Jurisdiction
France
Court
Cour d'appel de Grenoble (Court of Appeal Grenoble)
Chamber
Chambre commerciale (Commercial chamber)
Judges
Jean-Paul Béraudo (Presiding Judge), Comte (Judge), Georges Baumet (Judge)
Date of decision
15 May 1996
Case nr./docket nr.
94/0258
Claimants 2
Name
Cigna Insurance Company of Europe SA
Place of business
Belgium
Role in transaction
Assignee of sub-sub-buyer‘s insurer
Name
Transports Norbert Dentressangle SA
Place of business
France
Role in transaction
Sub-sub-buyer of the goods (not party to the international sales contract)
Respondents 3
Name
Thermo King Corporation
Place of business
USA
Role in transaction
Seller
Name
Sorhofroid S.a.r.l.
Place of business
France
Role in transaction
Buyer
Name
Frappa SA
Place of business
France
Role in transaction
Sub-buyer of the goods (not party to the international sales contract)
Case History
Cigna Insurance Company of Europe SA et al. v. Thermo King Corp.
Tribunal de Commerce de Vienne (Commercial Court Vienne)
France, 12 October 1993, CISG-online 3196
Present decision affirming in part, reversing in part
Thermo King Corp. v. Cigna Insurance Company of Europe SA et al.
Cour de Cassation (French Supreme Court)
France, 05 January 1999 – 96-19.992, CISG-online 431
reversing
Seller 1
Name
Thermo King Corporation
Place of business
USA
Role in trade
Manufacturer of the goods sold
Buyer 1
Name
Sorhofroid S.a.r.l.
Place of business
France
Role in trade
Distributor
Category of goods
79: Other transport equipment
Goods as per contract
Refrigeration unit for trucks
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 4; Art. 35(2)(a); Art. 36
Editorial remark
Witz, D. 1997. Somm. 221-222
Decision published in 2
Transportrecht – Beilage Internationales Handelsrecht (TranspR-IHR) (1999), 8 [Abstract – in English]
Diritto del Commercio Internazionale (Dir. com. int.) (1998), No. 213, 1107–1108 [Abstract – in Italian]
CLOUT number
204
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
960515f1
Comment on this decision 1
Claude Witz & Gerhard Wolter, 'Die neuere Rechtsprechung französischer Gerichte zum Einheitlichen UN-Kaufrecht', Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft (RIW) (1998), 278–285, at 284–285 [– in German]
Full text and abstract of decision 2
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 204 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: French