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· 9/12/1997

Beard Plumbing & Heating, Inc. v. Thompson Plastics, Inc.

Citations

  • 491 S.E.2d 731
  • 254 Va. 240
  • 33 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. 2d (West) 691
  • 1997 Va. LEXIS 79

How courts have described this case

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

  • leaving open the possibility that privity is not required on an implied warranty claim where the remedy sought is not purely damages for economic loss
  • the Supreme Court of Virginia has “referred to [§ 8.2-318] as modifying the common law privity rule”
  • It is a general rule of statutory construction that “if one section addresses a subject in a general way and the other section speaks to a part of the same subject in a more specific manner, the latter prevails.”

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Judges: Carrico, Compton, Stephenson, Lacy, Hassell, Keenan, Koontz

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