State Farm Insurance Companies v. Premier Manufactured Systems, Inc.

OPINION

HURWITZ, Justice.

¶ 1 This case requires us to decide whether liability among tortfeasors in strict products liability actions is joint and several or several only. We conclude that the legislative abolition of joint and several liability in 1987 extends to strict products liability actions. In such cases, liability is several only and fault must be apportioned among tortfeasors.

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¶2 In 2001, an insured of State Farm Insurance Companies (“State Farm”) discovered that a leak in his water filtration system had damaged his home and personal property. State Farm paid the homeowner $19,270.86…