Yasukochi, Inc. v. McKibbin

Plaintiff, a corporation, a crop grower in San Luis Rey Valley, employed defendants to spray a crop of chili peppers (125 acres) by aircraft with an insecticide supplied by plaintiff, and composed of Malathion and DDT. Plaintiff alleged in its complaint that defendants mixed with this "spray some foreign substance, known to defendants and not known to plaintiff, which had been carelessly mixed by defendants and incorporated with the Malathion and DDT, which injured the plants, resulting in an inhibition in growth, development and yield. Damages for $65,000 are sought. Defendants denied…