Danforth v. Acorn Structures, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that tort recovery is foreclosed in the absence of personal injury or damage to other property
• stating that the rule bars \the recovery of economic loss caused by qualitatively defective products\
• holding homeowner who brought tort action against seller of building kit for negligent design could not recover because deterioration of windows, door frames and exterior siding was strictly economic loss
• recognizing exception to economic-loss doctrine based on whether consumer or commercial transaction took place would defeat intent of legislature in adopting Uniform Commercial Code, which provides remedies to all parties involved in contracts for sale of goods
• distinguishing between product liability tort concepts and contract based warranty claims
• “[W]e find that the economic loss doctrine is especially suited to cases where privity of contract does exist.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).