Mountaire delivered more than 100,000 pounds of chicken to AdvancePierre that were later linked to a salmonella outbreak in Wisconsin and Minnesota. The salmonella scare led AdvancePierre to recall 1.7 million pounds of chicken product, costing it more than $10 million in damages. AdvancePierre's investigation linked the outbreak to two truckloads of chicken it received from Mountaire. AdvancePierre submitted a recall insurance claim to its insurer, Starr, which paid the policy limits of $10 million. Starr then initiated a subrogation lawsuit against Mountaire to recover the $10 million it paid to AdvancePierre, asserting claims for breach of implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose and for strict liability arising from Mountaire's allegedly contaminated deliveries.