Legal Opinion
Potts v. Celotex Corp.
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided September 10, 1990PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAUGHTREY, Justice.
This products liability case is before us on certification from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, pursuant to Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 23. The matter was appealed to the Sixth Circuit following the federal district court’s decision in Potts v. Celotex, 703 F.Supp. 672 (E.D.Tenn.1988).
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