Kid’s Toy Maker Prevails on Appeal in Suit Alleging Monopoly

KidKraft Inc. convinced the Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday not to revive a lawsuit alleging the children’s toy manufacturer monopolized the market for the manufacture of wooden play kitchens.

Retailer OJ Commerce LLC and its sister company, manufacturer Naomi Home Inc., sued KidKraft and private-equity firm MidOcean Partners IV LP after KidKraft ended its business relationship with the companies. The suit said KidKraft had controlled over 70% of the wooden play kitchen market in the continental US.

The US District Court for the Southern District of Florida entered summary judgment in favor of KidKraft and MidOcean because the plaintiffs had failed ...