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WESTERN EQUIPMENT CO. INC. v. SHERIDAN IRON WORKS, INC.

No. 5099.

605 P.2d 806 (1980)

WESTERN EQUIPMENT CO., INC., a Wyoming Corporation, Appellant (Plaintiff below), v. SHERIDAN IRON WORKS, INC., Appellee (Defendant below), Oil Field Camps, Inc., (Defendant below).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

January 24, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald E. Chapin and W. Michael Kleppinger of Crowell & Chapin, P.C., Casper, for appellant.

Cameron S. Walker and Richard R. Wilking of Schwartz, Bon & McCrary, Casper, and E.E. Lonabaugh of Lonabaugh & Vanderhoef, Sheridan, for appellee.

Before RAPER, C.J., and McCLINTOCK, THOMAS, ROSE and ROONEY, JJ.

THOMAS, Justice.

The question raised by this appeal is whether privity of contract is required or is not required in an action by a remote purchaser against a manufacturer to recover an economic loss. The district court held that privity of contract is required, and it granted a summary judgment to the manufacturer. We shall hold that privity of contract is not necessary in such an action. The summary judgment must be reversed...

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