Garvin v. Smith

How courts have described this case

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• holding that economic losses “are often the result of some breach of contract and ordinarily should be recovered in contract actions, including actions based on breach of implied or express warranties.”
• holding that a “Runaway Rapids” amusement ride was real property and could not be the basis for warranty liability
• holding that the risk of injury caused by defendant’s alleged negligence in manufacturing defective plywood used in building houses was serious enough to warrant tort liability
• holding that “mere possibilities are legally insufficient to allege the existence of a clear danger of death or serious personal injury” and dismissing tort claims premised on threat of injury
• noting that, while not proven by the parties, Maryland nevertheless allows recovery for purely economic losses where it is shown that there is a clear danger of death or serious injury
• noting that, while not proven by the parties, Maryland nevertheless allows recovery for purely economic losses where it is shown that there is a clear danger of death or serious injury

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).