State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Electrolux Home Products, Inc.

OPINION AND ORDER

WILLIAM C. LEE, District Judge.

Defendant Electrolux Home Products, Inc. manufactured a clothes dryer that caught on fire causing considerable damage to the home of Kelly Slabach, subrogee in this action, and her husband. State Farm Fire & Casualty insured the Slabach’s home, paid their insurance claim and then sued Electrolux to recover the amount paid on the Slabach’s behalf. State Farm asserts claims of strict product liability, negligence, and breach of warranty, all of which are dependent on its theory that the design and warnings for the dryer were defective thereby…