Legal Opinion
Lincoln General Insurance Co. v. Detroit Diesel Corp.
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided August 21, 2009No. M2008-01427-SC-R23-CQPublishedCited by 27 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · HolderJanice M. Holder, C.J.
in which CORNELIA A. CLARK, GARY R. WADE, WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., and SHARON G. LEE, JJ., joined.
We accepted the following question of law certified by the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee: Does Tennessee law recognize an exception to the economic loss doctrine under which recovery in tort is possible for damage to the defective product itself when the defect renders the product unreasonably dangerous and causes the damage by means of a sudden, calamitous event? We answer this question in the negative.
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