Thomas Helicopters, Inc. v. San Tan Ranches

BAKES, Chief Justice.

This appeal involves consolidated actions by San Tan Ranches claiming that its potato crop was damaged due to the negligent application of Sencor, a herbicide, by Thomas Helicopters, Inc., and Spray Rite, Inc., to certain potato fields farmed by San Tan Ranches. San Tan Ranches is a large partnership farming operation. In 1976 the partnership grew approximately 3,600 acres of potatoes, of which 1,383 acres are the subject of this suit. San Tan purchased approximately 2,480 pounds of Sencor in December, 1975. During the spring of 1976 the potato fields were prepared and…