Day & Zimmermann, Inc. v. Challoner

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1975-11-03

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Per Curiam. Respondents sued petitioner in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas seeking to recover damages for death and personal injury resulting from the premature explosion of a 105-mm. howitzer round in Cambodia. Federal jurisdiction was based on diversity of citizenship. The District Court held that the Texas law of strict liability in tort governed and submitted the case to the jury on tha…

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