North American Chemical Co. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County

How courts have described this case

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• stating that the economic loss rule did not bar a negligence claim grounded in the negligent performance of services and applying the J’Aire criteria to justify recovery of economic loss caused by negligent performance of a contract
• stating that the economic loss rule did not bar a negligence claim grounded in the negligent performance of services and applying the JAire criteria to justify recovery of economic loss caused by negligent performance of a contract
• allowing the tort of negligent interference where defendant negligently shipped goods which resulted in contaminated product being delivered to, plaintiffs customer
• finding the economic loss doctrine inapplicable in a claim for the negligent performance of contractual obligations brought by a chemical manufacturer against a common carrier
• holding breach of contractual duty may support tort claim
• explaining that “because this case arises from a con- tract for the performance of services rath- er than the sale of goods, ... the so called ‘economic loss rule’ does not bar recovery even though [] the only damages that North American seeks are based solely on economic loss”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).