Sapp v. Ford Motor Co.

In these consolidated appeals, the trial courts found the economic loss rule precluded Appellants’ tort claims and granted judgment in favor of Respondent Ford Motor Company. We affirm the dismissal, and overrule Colleton Preparatory Academy, Inc. v. Hoover Universal, Inc., 379 S.C. 181, 666 S.E.2d 247 (2008) to the extent it expands the narrow exception to the economic loss rule articulated in Kennedy v. Columbia Lumber & Mfg. Co., 299 S.C. 335, 384 S.E.2d 730 (1989).

FACTUAL/PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

I. Sapp Appeal

In 2004, Appellant Jeffrey M. Sapp purchased a 2000 Ford F-150 truck from Atlantic…