3. Does the Boyle defense apply only to military contractors or to any contractor that provides goods and services to the United States? In Silverstein v. Northrop Grumman Corp., 367 N.J. Super. 361, 842 A.2d 881 (Ct.App. Div. 2004), certification denied 181 N.J. 546, 859 A.2d 691 (N.J. 2004), the court held that the manufacturer of a postal vehicle could raise the Boyledefense in a products liability suit filed by a postal worker injured when the vehicle rolled over in an accident. Are the concerns that motivated the Court in Boyle present when products are generally available to the government through the commercial market?

See Bellia, Jr., State Courts and the Making of Federal Common Law, 153 U. Pa. L. Rev. 825

(2005).