Legal Opinion
prod.liab.rep. (Cch) P 13,032 Miller's Bottled Gas, Inc. v. Borg-Warner Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 3, 1992No. 90-5886PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RYAN, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff, Miller’s Bottled Gas, Inc. (Miller’s), purchased allegedly defective carburetors from defendant Borg-Warner Corporation. Miller’s appeals both the district court’s summary judgment for Borg-Warner rejecting Miller’s negligence-based product-liability claim, and the court’s directed verdict for Borg-Warner dismissing Miller’s fraud and negligent misrepresentation claims.
With respect to the product-liability claim based upon alleged negligence, the issue before us is whether under Kentucky law Miller's may recover for purely economic injury. We conclude that it…
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