The Flintkote Company v. Dravo Corporation, Diamond Manufacturing Company, Inc. And B. F. Diamond Construction Company, Inc.

KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, The Flintkote Company, appeals from the grant of summary judgment for the defendants, in which the district court held that under Georgia law appellant could not recover in tort for the economic losses allegedly suffered as a result of the defendants’ negligent design, fabrication, assembly, erection, and inspection of a “travelling ship unloader.” Flintkote argues that the district court erred in applying the economic loss rule to the facts in this case. We disagree and affirm.

A. Factual Background

In August of 1963, Flintkote entered into a rental agreement…