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· 11/14/1986

Council of Co-Owners Atlantis Condominium, Inc. v. Whiting-Turner Contracting Co.

Citations

  • 517 A.2d 336
  • 308 Md. 18
  • 1986 Md. LEXIS 326

How courts have described this case

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

  • recognizing a duty against architects, enforceable by recovery for economic loss, if building conditions present a clear risk of death or personal injury
  • recognizing a duty against architects, enforceable by recovery for economic loss, if building conditions present a clear risk of death or personal injury
  • holding that duty of architect to use due care in fulfilling its contractual duties “extended to those persons foresee-ably subjected to the risk of personal injury,” given that “privity is not an absolute prerequisite to the existence of a tort duty”
  • holding that duty of architect to use due care in fulfilling its contractual duties “extended to those persons foreseeably subjected to the risk of personal injury,” given that “privity is not an absolute prerequisite to the existence of a tort duty”
  • holding that duty of architect to use due care in fulfilling its contractual duties “extended to those persons foreseeably subjected to the risk of personal injury,” given that “privity is not an absolute prerequisite to the existence of a tort duty”
  • holding that duty of architect to use due care in fulfilling its contractual duties “extended to those persons foreseeably subjected to the risk of personal injury,” given that “privity is not an absolute prerequisite to the existence of a tort duty”

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Judges: Cole, Couch, Eldridge, McAULIFFE, Murphy, Rodowsky, Smith

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