BERG v. GENERAL MOTORS

No. 2628-1.

13 Wn. App. 326 (1975)

534 P.2d 838

LOREN BERG, Appellant, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Respondent.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division One.

April 28, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony Schwab, for appellant.

Perkins, Coie, Stone, Olsen & Williams, William A. Gould, and Steven C. Marshall, for respondent.


SWANSON, J.

This appeal presents the primary question of whether the law of negligence permits recovery by a purchaser of goods against a remote manufacturer for damages constituting solely economic loss as distinguished from damage to person or property.

Loren Berg, a commercial fisherman, appeals from the trial court's dismissal of his complaint seeking to recover lost profits and certain other consequential damages allegedly arising from the failure of...

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