Kasel v. Remington Arms Co

In Kasel v. Remington Arms Co. (1972) 24 Cal.App.3d 711, the American firearms company whose Mexican trademark licensee and affiliate manufactured and sold defective shotgun shells in Mexico was held an integral part of the marketing enterprise which sold the shells. Referring to the above authorities, the court further said (id., at p. 725): "The above listed cases have stressed that under the stream-of-commerce approach to strict liability no precise legal relationship to the member of the enterprise causing the defect to be manufactured or to the member most closely connected with the customer is required before the courts will impose strict liability. It is the defendant's participatory connection, for his personal profit or other benefit, with the injury-producing product and with the enterprise that created consumer demand for and reliance upon the product (and not the defendant's legal relationship (such as agency) with the manufacturer or other entities involved in the manufacturing-marketing system) which calls for imposition of strict liability. ( Garcia v. Halsett, 3 Cal.App.3d 319, wherein the court stated (at p. 325): 'The precise legal relationship between the parties has not played a particularly significant role in the cases imposing strict liability.')"