Just's, Inc. v. Arrington Construction Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that no negligence claim exists where the plaintiffs complained damages were loss of business due to downtown construction because these damages are purely economic
• contract to construct improvements in local improvement district and to do so in manner least likely to disturb businesses during time of construction
• “A tort requires the wrongful invasion of an interest protected by the law, not merely an invasion of an interest created by the agreement of the parties.”
• \[N]egligent conduct and breach of contract are two distinct theories of recovery.\
• “[Negligent conduct and breach of contract are two distinct theories of recovery.”
• ordinarily mere breach of contract not a tort

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).