Harold Heath Hill v. Basf Wyandotte Corporation

JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:

In this diversity case controlled by South Carolina law BASF Wyandotte Corp. (BWC), manufacturer of Basalin, an agricultural herbicide, appeals from a judgment in favor of Hill, a farmer who bought Basalin from a retailer and used it with allegedly injurious consequences to his soybean crop. A jury, finding breach of warranty running from BWC as manufacturer to Hill as ultimate purchaser under relevant provisions of the state’s version of the Uniform Commercial Code (U.C.C.), awarded Hill substantial direct and consequential damages.

Concluding that BWC…