National Union Fire Insurance v. Pratt & Whitney Canada, Inc.

with whom Mowbray, C. J., agrees:

The majority holds that a plaintiff who lost his entire airplane due to the malfunction of a defective compressor blade cannot recover from the manufacturer on a strict liability theory because such damage is an economic loss. I find this conclusion inconsistent with both Nevada case law on economic losses and with the reasoning in cases from other jurisdictions. For this reason, I dissent.

We have already considered why economic loss should not be recoverable in a strict products liability action and have indicated that it is a different type of loss than…