Bell Helicopter supplier liability case

Brief invocation of the Bell chief counsel's rule that you can't sue your suppliers because they'll stop supplying you. Used as a general principle, not developed.

I remember working for Bell Helicopter on some things, and the chief counsel said, we've got to quit thinking that we can sue our suppliers. The suppliers will just say, we're not going to supply you anymore, we don't want the liability. So there's lots of business decisions that go into things. The problem is when the trial attorneys get in there — they're just sharks. Welcome to the law profession, which is actually okay because they hire me, and that's how I got grandkids.