COLLINS CO. v. CARBOLINE CO.

No. 66469.

125 Ill.2d 498 (1988)

532 N.E.2d 834

COLLINS COMPANY, LTD. v. CARBOLINE COMPANY et al.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed December 15, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Clark and Mark E. Gralen, of Schiff, Hardin & Waite, of Chicago, for Collins Company, Ltd.

Robert J. Kopka, of Landau, Omahana & Kopka, Ltd., of Chicago, for Carboline Company.


Certified question answered; cause transferred.

JUSTICE STAMOS delivered the opinion of the court:

This cause is before us on a question of Illinois law certified by the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. The certified question is:

"In the absence of original contractual privity, does an express warranty extend to an assignee's right to sue for purely economic loss and consequential damages?"

For the reasons that follow...

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