Trans States Airlines v. Pratt & Whitney Canada, Inc.

This cause is before us on questions of Illinois law certified by the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. 145 Ill. 2d R. 20. The certified questions are as follows: (1) "For purposes of the economic loss doctrine, as developed by the Illinois Supreme Court in Moorman Manufacturing Co. v. National Tank Co., 91 Ill. 2d 69 (1982) [and its progeny], does Illinois recognize a 'sudden and calamitous occurrence’ exception to the doctrine under which recovery in tort is possible for injury to the single product?” (2) "Can a product and one of its component parts ever constitute…