Legal Opinion
Ethyl Corp. v. BP Performance Polymers, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 22, 1994No. 93-3124PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAGG, Circuit Judge.
The question before us in this diversity case is whether the Iowa Comparative Fault Act (the Iowa Act), Iowa Code §§ 668.1-.15 (1993), applies to Ethyl Corporation’s breach of warranty claim seeking recovery of entirely economic losses against BP Performance Polymers, Inc. (BP). Because the Iowa Supreme Court has not decided whether the Iowa Act applies to this type of claim, see Garren v. First Realty, Ltd., 481 N.W.2d 335, 338 (Iowa 1992), we must predict how that court would decide the question. Brandenburg v. Allstate Ins. Co., 23 F.3d 1438, 1440 (8th Cir.1994).…
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