Barnes & Tucker Co. v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.

Ruffin, Judge.

This is the second appearance of this case before this court. See Alco Standard Corp. v. Westinghouse Elec. Corp., 206 Ga. App. 794 (426 SE2d 648) (1992).

Aleo Standard Corporation (“Aleo”) sued Westinghouse Electric Corporation (“Westinghouse”) for the negligent repair of certain autotransformers seeking damages for the interruption of its business allegedly caused by the failure of the autotransformers. Westinghouse moved for summary judgment, asserting as one of its grounds that Aleo could not recover economic loss in a negligence action. Thereafter, Aleo amended its complaint…