Nevada Contract Services, Inc. v. Squirrel Companies, Inc.

OPINION

In this appeal, we consider the degree of specificity required to sustain the causation burden when claiming a breach of express or implied warranty. Specifically, we address whether the plaintiff had to prove the cause of a malfunctioning liquor-dispensing system in order to defeat a motion for summary judgment. We hold that a plaintiff is not required to prove the precise technical cause of a malfunction to sustain its causation burden. Instead, a plaintiff must show that a product’s malfunction was likely caused by a breach of warranty, and consequently, the plaintiff sustained…