Shuman v. Willets

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that parties in privity of contract may not bring implied warranty in tort claims and that such claims are limited to remote purchasers only
• holding that commercial buyer seeking to recover economic loss from seller can maintain contract action for breach of warranty under U.C.C., but not a strict liability or negligence action
• holding that commercial buyer seeking to recover economic loss from seller can maintain contract action for breach of warranty under U.C.C., but not a strict liability or negligence action
• noting that “an insurer-subrogee cannot succeed to or acquire any right or 9 remedy not possessed by its insured” (citation omitted)
• stating that a two-year delay in notice would be insufficient as a matter of law
• noting that when the doctrine of implied warranty in tort is applicable, UCC provisions permitting the parties to exclude warranties contractually are of no avail

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).