Williams v. Hyatt Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc.

PARKER, Judge.

The trial court concluded as a matter of law that Chrysler could not be held liable to plaintiff on the grounds that there was no privity of contract between plaintiff and defendant manufacturer. In Kinlaw v. Long Mfg., 298 N.C. 494, 259 S.E. 2d 552 (1979), our Supreme Court held that the absence of contractual privity no longer bars a direct claim by an ultimate purchaser against the manufacturer for breach of the manufacturer’s express warranty which is directed to the purchaser. Here, despite plaintiffs allegations of breach of implied warranties, the action was nevertheless…