Legal Opinion
Equistar Chemicals, L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Decided May 4, 2007No. 04-0121PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Johnson
This case presents questions of how the economic loss rule is to be asserted in the trial court.
I. Background
In the mid 1970s Equistar Chemicals, LP 1 bought two gas compressors from Dresser-Rand Company. Equistar operated the compressors as part of a chemical manufacturing process. The compressors, OP-I and OP-II, are large gas compression units containing many component parts. Impellers, which resemble large fan blades, are essential parts of the compressors. In 1989 Dresser upgraded the compressors by increasing the size of the existing impellers from 42 inches to 44 inches. While the…
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