Little Rock Electrical Contractors, Inc. v. Okonite Co.

Jack Holt, Jr., Chief Justice.

This appeal is from a jury verdict in favor of the defendant appellees, Okonite and Dealers Electrical, on a complaint by the appellant, Little Rock Electrical Contractors, Inc. (“LRECI”), for breach of an implied warranty of merchantability. LRECI argues that the trial court committed reversible error in giving a comparative fault instruction over objection by LRECI that such an instruction was improper in a suit sounding in contract, not tort, for direct and incidental damages. We agree.

Sometime in 1984, LRECI placed an order for electrical cable from Dealers…