Aikens v. Baltimore and Ohio R. Co.

How courts have described this case

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• stating that “[t]he roots of this well-established rule reach back to the United States Supreme Court decision of Robins Dry Dock and Repair Company v. Flint, 275 U.S. 303, 48 S.Ct. 134, 72 L.Ed. 290 (1927).”
• barring the plaintiffs' recovery of lost wages as \purely economic loss\ when the defendant's negligence caused a train derailment that damaged the plaintiffs' place of employment
• no cause of action lies for negligence that causes only economic loss
• no cause of action lies for negligence that causes only economic loss
• no liability for negligent interference with contract, absent physical harm

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