Palmetto Linen Service, Incorporated v. U.N.X., Incorporated Nova Controls, Incorporated

Affirmed by published opinion. Chief Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge KING and Senior Judge CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL joined.

OPINION

WILKINSON, Chief Judge:

Palmetto Linen Service filed a tort action for damages resulting from the alleged malfunction of a chemical dispensing system used in its commercial washers. The district court dismissed Palmetto’s claims because South Carolina’s economic loss rule limits Palmetto’s remedies to contract and thus bars any tort recovery. We now affirm the judgment.

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Palmetto operates a commercial laundry business that supplies linens to hotels,…