A.J. Decoster Co. v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.

MURPHY, Chief Judge.

This case involves the distinction between property loss and pure economic loss in determining whether a claim may be brought under a tort or contract theory, or both. It also involves the question whether, in Maryland, a plaintiff may recover in tort under a strict liability theory for property loss resulting from an allegedly defective product manufactured by the defendant, when no death or personal injury, or significant risk thereof, resulted from the defect.

I

Appellant A.J. Decoster Company (Decoster), a commercial chicken and egg producer, suffered the loss of more…