· 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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