Quest Diagnostics, Inc v. MCI Worldcom, Inc

How courts have described this case

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

• “This Court has declined to apply the economic-loss doctrine where the claim emanates from a contract for services.”
• “A factor present in all cases in which Michigan courts have applied the economic loss doctrine is that the parties to the litigation were involved, either directly or indirectly, in a transaction for goods”
• “A factor present in all cases in which Michigan courts have applied the economic loss doctrine is that the parties to the litigation were involved, either directly or indirectly, in a transaction for goods.”
• there is no support under Michigan law “for applying the doctrine in the absence of a transaction between, the parties or others closely related to them, whereby the allocation of risks could be negotiated”
• “In order for the economic loss doctrine to bar recovery in tort, there must be a transaction that provides an avenue by which the parties are afforded the. opportunity to negotiate to protect their respective interests.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).