American United Logistics, Inc. v. Catellus Development Corp.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “The economic loss doctrine denies a tort remedy *** when the loss ‘is rooted in disappointed contractual or commercial expectations.’ [Citation.]”
• “The economic loss doctrine denies a tort remedy *** when the loss ‘is rooted in disappointed contractual or commercial expectations.’ [Citation.]”
• “Only a direct third-party beneficiary may enforce the contract because the contracting parties intended for the beneficiary to receive the benefit of the contract.”
• “Recovery in tort for disappointed commercial expectations due to breach of implied duties and warranties between non-contracting parties is also barred by the economic loss doctrine.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).