CONTINENTAL INS. v. PAGE ENGINEERING CO.

No. 87-295.

783 P.2d 641 (1989)

CONTINENTAL INSURANCE, Fireman's Fund Insurance Company; St. Paul Insurance Company; Royal Insurance Company; Centennial Insurance Company; and American Home Insurance Company, Appellants (Plaintiffs), v. PAGE ENGINEERING COMPANY, Does I-X, inclusive, Appellees (Defendants).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

December 5, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent J. Horn, Jr., Cheyenne, and Larry D. Henson, Henson & Henson, San Francisco, Cal., for appellants.

Gary M. Greenhalgh, Greenhalgh, Bussart, West & Rosetti, Rock Springs, and John H. Anderson, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Chicago, Ill., for appellees.

Before CARDINE, C.J., THOMAS, URBIGKIT, and MACY, JJ., and BROWN, J., Retired.


THOMAS, Justice.

The essential determination that the court must make in this case is whether tort theories may be invoked by a purchaser of a product in an instance in which the failure of the product causes damage only to the product that failed (economic loss in the parlance of the authorities). An additional issue is raised questioning the propriety of the entry of a summary judgment in favor of the seller when the buyer asserts that a genuine issue of material...

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