Colonial Park Country Club v. Joan of Arc

McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

This is a products liability case with federal'jurisdiction based on diversity of citizenship. 28 U.S.C. § 1332. The central issue is whether the federal district judge correctly understood and applied the local law of the State of New Mexico. In this regard, the Honorable Howard C. Bratton, Chief Judge for the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico, held that, under New Mexico law, recovery in a products liability case, as contrasted possibly with an action based on negligence or breach of warranty, is limited to damages for “physical harm” to…