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· 7/6/1990

Lower Lake Dock Co. v. Messinger Bearing Corp.

Citations

  • 577 A.2d 631
  • 395 Pa. Super. 456
  • 1990 Pa. Super. LEXIS 1380

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that prior Pennsylvania cases applying the special-duty rule did so only when there was physical injury or damages to property other than the allegedly defective one
  • noting that prior Pennsylvania cases applying the special-duty rule did so only when there was physical injury or damages to property other than the allegedly defective one
  • stating that the economic loss doctrine “is not limited to products liability” actions
  • upholding dismissal of negligence claim where the only harm was economic
  • \Tennessee has joined those jurisdictions which hold that product liability claims resulting in pure economic loss can better be resolved on theories other than negligence.\
  • economic loss includes “cost of repair or replacement or lost profits”

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Judges: Tamilia, Hoffman, Cercone

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