Miller v. United Technologies Corp.

This appeal requires us to decide whether the trial court properly rendered summary judgment in favor of the defendants, United Technologies Corporation (United Technologies), Chandler-Evans, Inc. (Chandler-Evans), and General Dynamics Corporation (General Dynamics), and against the plaintiff, Sigmund Miller, as administrator of the estate of Mohamed Abdul-Samed Dighidi, based on the government contractor *735defense. The threshold issue before the court is whether the government contractor defense, which affords United States government contractors immunity from state tort liability, can apply…