Heartland Recreational Vehicles LLC v. Forest River Inc

Filing 100

RESPONSE in Opposition re 94 MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction filed by Forest River Inc. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A - Declaration of J. Reid, # 2 Exhibit B - Excerpt of Trial Ex. 125, # 3 Exhibit C - Excerpt of Declaration of A. Holland, # 4 Exhibit D - Excerpt of B. Brady dep., # 5 Exhibit E - Excerpt of '251 Patent)(Fountain, Ryan)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
Northern District of Indiana South Bend Division HEARTLAND RECREATIONAL VEHICLES, LLC, Plaintiff,
v,

FOREST RIVER, INC., Defendant.

) ) ) ) CASE NO.:3:08-cv-490 TLS ) ) ) JURY DEMAND

DECLARATION

OF ANTHONY HOLLAND

I, Anthony Holland, hereby declare under penalties of perjury under the laws of the State of Indiana, that: 1, I am an adult and am competent to the testify as to the matters herein based upon my personal knowledge and upon information and belief. 2. I am employed by E.T. &

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in Elkhart, IN and was employed by its

predecessor, E.T.& T. Frames since April 1991. E.T.&T. Frames was sold to Lippert Components approximately seven years ago. 3. The prints attached hereto are true and correct copies ofRV frame prints that are part of the regular business records ofE. T.&T. Enterprises and were part of the regular business records of ET & T. Frames. I created those frame prints that have my name, "A. Holland," indicated in whole or part in the "Drawn By" box in the lower right hand comer of each sheet. The frame prints which have S. Miller's name in whole or part in that Drawn By box. were based upon my earlier drawings of that frame (I was Mr. Miller's supervisor at the time he made those drawings).

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4. These prints show frames that E. T.&T Frames made and sold to its customers. The "Date Drawn" box shows the date that the drawing was most recently changed, often to indicate a new dimension or element added as a revision to an existing frame. The original date the drawing was made is not indicated on the attached prints. In some cases. the original print was created years previously, into the mid 19905. The "Company Name" box indicates the name of the customer that particular frame was sold to on or about the time of the Date Drawn. The entry "Damon Park Model" means that the customer was Damon and the use of the frame was for one it is park model travel trailers. I do not know all the brand names of the Damon park model travel trailers which used these frames, but I do know that one ofthern was the Breckenridge, since E.T.&T. Frames made many and sold frames for Damon's Breckenridge park model travel trailers. 5. E.T.&T. Frames made and sold a full line of trailers, including cargo trailers, travel trailers, fifth-wheel trailers, and modular home trailers. In the mid 19905, E. T.&T. Frames sold fifthwheel frames to Damon aod Dutchman. Attached as Sketch A, Sketch B, and Sketch C are partial hand sketch copies of the upper deck portion of fifth-wheel trailer frames wh ich E. T .&T frames sold to Damon between 1994-1996. In Sketch A, the front comer is left open to create a notch. In Sketch B the front comer was closed off by an angled length of metal bracing. Sketch C shows the upper deck portion of fifth-wheel trailer frames which E.T.&T. Frames sold to Damon for its Country Park models. In this sketch, the pin box was moved forward of the front rail of the frame. The pin box supports the trailer hitch device which connects the trailer to the towing vehicle.

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