BUTLER v. CALDWELL & COOK, INC.


122 A.D.2d 559 (1986)

Margaret Butler, on Behalf of Herself and All Others Similar Situated, Appellant, v. Caldwell & Cook, Inc., Respondent Lynn E. Cicon, on Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated, Appellant, v. Caldwell & Cook, Inc., Respondent Donna J. Meisenzahl, on Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated, Appellant, v. Ryan Homes, Inc., et al., Respondents Ryan Homes, Inc., Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent, v. United States Gypsum Company et al., Third-Party Defendants-Respondents Richard R. Falbo et al., on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Appellants, v. Domus Development Corp. et al., Respondents and Third-Party Plaintiffs-Respondents. Weyerhaeuser Company et al., Third-Party Defendants-Respondents. (Appeal No. 1.)

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Fourth Department.

July 11, 1986


Order unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Memorandum:

Plaintiffs in these class actions sue the builders of their homes for damages sustained as the result of defective siding and sheathing. Special Term properly dismissed the causes of action sounding in negligence and strict products liability. Neither cause of action lies for recovery of "economic loss" due to product failure (see, Hemming v Certainteed Corp., 97 A.D.2d 976...

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