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· 6/14/1982

The Flintkote Company v. Dravo Corporation, Diamond Manufacturing Company, Inc. And B. F. Diamond Construction Company, Inc.

Citations

  • 678 F.2d 942
  • 1982 U.S. App. LEXIS 18428

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that Georgia’s “economic loss rule” barred plaintiffs negligence claim
  • finding no reason to except contractors or other professionals from Georgia economic loss rule
  • finding no reason to except contractors or other professionals from Georgia economic loss rule
  • “Where federal jurisdiction is based on diversity of citizenship, the substantive law of the forum state applies.”
  • “In determining the law of the state, federal courts must follow the decisions of the state’s highest court.”
  • “Georgia decisions addressing this issue have in almost all cases held that a plaintiff simply cannot recover in tort for economic losses resulting from loss of value or use of the thing sold.”

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Judges: Roney, Kravitch, Pittman

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