Colleton Preparatory Academy, Inc. v. Hoover Universal, Inc.

ORDER and OPINION

NORTON, District Judge.

This certification order requests clarification of recent South Carolina Supreme Court decisions on the economic loss rule and the South Carolina Unfair Trade Practices Act (“SCUTPA”), respectively. Plaintiff Colleton Preparatory Academy, Inc. brought this action for negligence, recklessness and/or gross negligence, as well as a violation of the SCUTPA, for damages caused to plaintiffs roof trusses. Defendant Hoover Universal, Inc., was subsequently held in default for failure to answer. Following a bench trial, this court entered an award of…