FLOOR CRAFT FLOOR COVERING, INC. v. PARMA COMMUNITY GEN. HOSP. ASSN.

Nos. 89-1044 and 89-1045.

54 Ohio St. 3d 1 (1990)

FLOOR CRAFT FLOOR COVERING, INC., APPELLANT, v. PARMA COMMUNITY GENERAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION ET AL., APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided September 19, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zellmer & Gruber, Jeffrey P. Posner and John M. Manos, for appellant.

Cassidy & Mottl and Kevin P. Weiler, for appellee Parma Community General Hospital.

Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton & Norman and Robert H. Eddy, for appellee Braun & Spice, Inc.


HOLMES, J.

The key issue presented in this case is whether a contractor may sue an architect for economic injury in the absence of privity of contract between the parties. For the reasons which follow we answer such query in the negative.

In the absence of privity of contract between two disputing parties the general rule is "there is no * * * duty to exercise reasonable care to avoid intangible economic loss or losses to others that do not arise from tangible...

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