SPRING MOTORS DISTRIBUTORS v. FORD MOTOR CO.


191 N.J. Super. 22 (1983)

465 A.2d 530

SPRING MOTORS DISTRIBUTORS, INC., A CORPORATION, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY; CLARK EQUIPMENT COMPANY, A CORPORATION; CLARK TRANSMISSION, A DIVISION OF CLARK EQUIPMENT COMPANY AND TURNPIKE FORD TRUCK SALES, INC., A CORPORATION, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided August 29, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Krevsky & Silber, attorneys for appellant (Fred Rabinowitz, on the brief).

Pitney, Hardin, Kipp & Szuch, attorneys for respondents Ford Motor Company and Turnpike Ford Truck Sales, Inc. (J. Michael Nolan, Jr., on the brief).

Crummy, Del Deo, Dolan & Purcell, attorneys for respondent Clark Equipment Company (Richard S. Zackin and John H. Klock, on the brief).

Before Judges KING and McELROY.


The opinion of the court was delivered by KING, J.A.D.

This issue is presented to us: May there be a recovery for economic loss, in addition to recovery for damages for personal injury and property loss, under the doctrine of strict liability in tort? We conclude that recovery of consequential economic damages under the doctrine of strict liability in tort is permitted in this jurisdiction, especially since the decision of the Supreme Court in H. Rosenblum, Inc...

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