Owens & Minor, Inc. v. Ansell Healthcare Products, Inc.

Chief Justice JEFFERSON, Justice HECHT, Justice WAINWRIGHT, and Justice BRISTER joined.

Section 82.002 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code entitles an innocent seller to seek indemnity for litigation costs from the manufacturer of a product alleged to be defective. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit certified to this Court the following question concerning the scope of the manufacturer’s indemnity obligation under Section 82.002:

When a distributor sued in a products liability action seeks indemnification from less than all of the manufacturers implicated in the…