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· 2/15/1984

Nebraska Innkeepers, Inc. v. Pittsburgh-Des Moines Corp.

Citations

  • 345 N.W.2d 124
  • 38 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. (West) 1177
  • 1984 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1034

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that businesses adversely affected by closing of bridge in which cracks developed could not recover for economic losses against the builder of the bridge
  • holding alternative C did not permit non-privity plaintiffs to seek recovery solely for economic loss, but only for injury to persons or property
  • denying recovery for pure economic loss sustained when structural problems caused a bridge closure
  • stating broadly that \[t]he well-established general rule is that a plaintiff who has suffered only economic loss due to another's negligence has not been injured in a manner which is legally cognizable or compensable\
  • stating broadly that \[t]he well-established general rule is that a plaintiff who has suffered only economic loss due to another's negligence has not been injured in a manner which is legally cognizable or compensable\
  • affirming summary judgment on claims by named plaintiffs without class certification

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Judges: Harris, McGiverin, Larson, Schultz, Carter

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