Coastal Conduit & Ditching, Inc. v. Noram Energy Corp.

OPINION

JOHN S. ANDERSON, Justice.

Coastal Conduit & Ditching, Inc. (“Coastal Conduit”) appeals the summary judgment granted in favor of Noram Energy Corp. d/b/a Entex (“Entex”) on Coastal Conduit’s claims for negligence, negligence per se, and gross negligence, and its suit for declaratory judgment. In this case, we consider whether Texas law prohibits the recovery of purely economic damages in negligence in the absence of a claim for personal injury or property damage when the parties are contractual strangers. We affirm.

I. Background

Coastal Conduit provides services for the trenching and…