Lord v. Customized Consulting Specialty, Inc.

WYNN, Judge.

The economic loss rule in North Carolina prohibits recovery for purely economic loss in tort, as such claims are instead governed by contract law. 1 Here, the subcontractor defendants argue that the economic loss rule prohibits the recovery of damages arising from their alleged negligence in designing or manufacturing trusses used in constructing the plaintiffs’ home. Because the economic loss rule does not operate to bar a negligence claim in the absence of a contract between the parties, we affirm the trial court’s judgment in favor of the plaintiffs.

On 4 December 1998,…