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STATE FARM INS. COMPANIES v. PREMIER MANUFACTURED SYSTEMS, INC.

No. CV-06-0338-PR.

172 P.3d 410 (2007)

STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANIES, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. PREMIER MANUFACTURED SYSTEMS, INC., an Arizona Corporation, Defendant/Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

December 3, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Sittu Law Firm, P.L.L.C. by John D. Sittu, Scottsdale, Attorneys for State Farm Insurance Companies.

Baird, Williams, & Greer, L.L.P. by Robert L. Greer, Craig M. LaChance, Phoenix, Attorneys for Premier Manufactured Systems, Inc.

Law Offices of Charles M. Brewer, Ltd. by Charles M. Brewer, John B. Brewer, David L. Abney, Dane L. Wood, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Law Offices of Charles M. Brewer, Ltd.

Haralson, Miller, Pitt, Feldman & McAnally, P.L.C. by Stanley G. Feldman and Law Office of JoJene Mills by JoJene E. Mills, Tucson and Adelman German, P.L.C. by Daniel J. Adelman, Scottsdale, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Arizona Trial Lawyers Association.

Bowman and Brooke, L.L.P. by Jeffrey R. Brooke, Thomas M. Klein, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.

OPINION

HURWITZ, Justice.

¶ 1 This case requires us to decide whether liability among tortfeasors in strict products liability actions is joint and several or several only. We conclude that the legislative abolition of joint and several liability in 1987 extends to strict products liability actions. In such cases, liability is several only and fault must be apportioned among tortfeasors.

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