State Farm Insurance Companies v. Premier Manufactured Systems, Inc.

OPINION

NORRIS, Judge.

¶ 1 This appeal arises out of a strict products liability action. The issue before us is whether the principles of comparative fault established by the state legislature in Arizona Revised Statutes (“A.R.S.”) section 12-2506 (2003) are applicable to the participants in the chain of distribution of an allegedly defective product. We hold they are.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2 The parties have stipulated to the relevant facts. In May 2001, an insured of Plaintiff/Appellant State Farm Insurance Companies returned home from a vacation and discovered that an under-sink…