UNIQUE EQUIPMENT v. TRW VEHICLE SAFETY SYSTEMS

No. 1 CA-CV 98-0164.

3 P.3d 970 (1999)

197 Ariz. 50

UNIQUE EQUIPMENT CO., INC., an Arizona corporation, Third Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TRW VEHICLE SAFETY SYSTEMS, INC., a foreign corporation, Third Party Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department E.

As Corrected September 17, 1999.

Review Denied April 18, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bess Kunz, A Professional Corporation by Donald R. Kunz and Donald J. Sapala, Phoenix, for Appellant.

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, L.L.P. by Donald A. Wall, Julie A. Inderlied and Kevin J. Bonner, Phoenix, for Appellee.


OPINION

FIDEL, Presiding Judge.

¶ 1 In this appeal from the trial court's dismissal of Unique Equipment Co., Inc.'s third-party complaint against TRW Vehicle Safety Systems, Inc., we resolve two questions of first impression. When an employer has provided design specifications for the manufacture of equipment to be used exclusively by its employees, and an employee covered by workers' compensation brings a products liability suit against the manufacturer...

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