Excavation Technologies, Inc. v. Columbia Gas Co.

*52 OPINION

Justice EAKIN.

Before performing excavation work for a waterline extension project, appellant requested appellee mark the locations of gas lines around the work sites pursuant to the One Call Act (Act).1 Appellee improperly marked some lines and failed to mark others. As a result, appellant struck various gas lines, which hampered its work, resulting in economic damages of $74,502.06; appellant did not any sustain physical injury or property damage.

Appellant sued appellee on a theory of negligent misrepresentation under § 552 of the Restatement (Second) of Torts,2 claiming appellee…