Priority Finishing Corp. v. LAL Construction Co.

The principal issue presented by this appeal is whether the economic loss doctrine2 barred the plaintiff from maintaining an action for damages incurred when, on two separate occasions, utility service to its manufacturing plant *720was cut off due to the defendants’ alleged negligence. A Superior Court judge found that the economic loss doctrine did bar the plaintiff’s action and allowed the defendants’ motions for summary judgment. We reverse.

We summarize the undisputed facts. The plaintiff is in the business of custom dyeing and finishing raw fabrics at its plant in Fall River. The raw fabrics…