Legal Opinion
Cooperative Power Association v. Westinghouse Elec. Corp.
North Dakota Supreme Court
Decided December 14, 1992No. Civ. 920017PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Justice.
Under Rule 47, N.D.R.App.P., the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota certified to this court the following question of law:
“May a manufacturer of a machine sold in a commercial transaction be held liable in negligence or strict product liability theory for economic loss caused by the failure of a component part of the machine, which causes direct damage to the machine only?”
We answer that question, “no.”
Cooperative Power Association (CPA) owns and operates an electrical generating station, the Coal Creek Station, in Underwood, North Dakota. CPA uses…
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