· 10/15/1881
Deardorff v. Everhartt
Citations
- 74 Mo. 37
How courts have described this case
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- finding subsequent purchasers of a home may not maintain an action in tort for damages to their home against the original builder
- “The plaintiffs’ claim does not involve property damage per se. Rather, the writ alleges economic loss resulting from the defendant’s failure to properly perform a contractual obligation.”
- “economic loss” not recoverable in negligence action; “economic loss” defined, among other things, as the decrease in value of a product because it is inferior in quality
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Judges: Henry
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