Scheller v. Wilson Certified Foods, Inc.

OPINION

HAIRE, Chief Judge.

This case presents an issue of first impression in Arizona: whether the doctrine of strict liability should be applied against a defendant wholesale meat packer who sells fresh raw pork containing trichina larvae.

The case was dismissed before trial on defendant’s motion for summary judgment, and for the purpose of deciding the correctness of the trial court’s decision on that motion the facts are not in dispute.

The appellant, plaintiff in the court below, is Karl-Heinz Scheller, individually and as representative of the estate of his deceased wife. Both Mr. and Mrs.…