Chapman Custom Homes, Inc., and Michael B. Duncan, Trustee of the M.B. Duncan Separate Property Trust v. Dallas Plumbing Company

How courts have described this case

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• holding that plumbing subcontractor’s duty to not damage owner’s home while performing its contract with builder was independent of its obligation under said contract
• holding that plumbing subcontractor’s duty to not damage owner’s home while performing its contract with builder was independent of its obligation under said contract
• holding that a party stated a tort claim only when the duty breached is independent of the contact and the harm is not merely the economic loss of the contract benefit
• recognizing that where a party states a tort claim when the duty allegedly breached is independent of the contractual undertaking and the harm suffered is not merely the economic loss of a contractual benefit
• stating that the ELR \generally precludes recovery in tort ... when the harm consists only of the economic loss of a contractual expectancy \ (emphasis added)
• noting that to avoid the economic loss doctrine, the injury alleged must have arisen out of the breach of a duty that is independent of the contractual obligations

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