Legal Opinion
Davis v. Komatsu America Industries Corp.
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided April 18, 2001No. M2000-01373-SC-R-23-CQPublishedCited by 22 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · DrowotaDrowota, J.
in which ANDERSON, C.J., BIRCH, HOLDER, and BARKER, JJ., joined.
Pursuant to Rule 23 of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Tennessee, 1 this Court accepted certification of the following question from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit:
Does Tennessee products liability law include a “component parts doctrine” as described by the district court, and if so, what are the precise contours of the doctrine?
We conclude that Tennessee products liability law does include a component parts doctrine and that Section 5 of the Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability…
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