SSP Partners v. Gladstrong Investments (USA) Corp.

In Texas, the seller of a defective product is subject to strict liability for damages the product causes even though the defect was not his fault, but he is generally entitled to indemnity from the manufacturer by statute 1 and by common law. 2 Is he entitled to indemnity from an upstream supplier other than the manufacturer? Not, we hold, by statute, and not under the common law without showing that the upstream supplier was at fault. We also hold that corporations cannot be held liable for each other’s obligations merely because they are part of a single business enterprise. For reasons…