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· 4/28/1943

Claim of Haug v. Pfortsch

Citations

  • 266 A.D. 760
  • 41 N.Y.S.2d 956
  • 1943 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 4296

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that under the economic loss rule, if an alleged product malfunction is alleged to have caused purely economic loss, then the end-purchaser is limited to contract claims against the manufacturer and may not seek damages in tort
  • reversing grant of leave to amend to add strict liability claim for pure economic injury
  • ‘“New York law holds that a negligence action seeking recovery for economic loss will not lie.’ ”
  • embracing the views expressed in Justice Silverman's dissenting opinion

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