Legal Opinion
Hyundai Motor America, Inc. v. Goodin
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided February 22, 2005No. 82S05-0406-CV-279PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON PETITION TO TRANSFER FROM THE INDIANA COURT OF APPEALS; NO. 82A05-0308-CV-155.
BOEHM, Justice.
We hold that a consumer may sue a manufacturer for economic loss based on breach of the implied warranty of merchantability even if the consumer purchased the product from an intermediary in the distribution chain. There is no requirement of "vertical" privity for such a claim.
Facts and Procedural Background
On November 18, 2000, Sandra Goodin test drove a Hyundai Sonata at Auto-Choice Hyundai in Evansville, Indiana. The car was represented as new and showed nineteen miles on the odometer. Goodin…
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