GERALD M. MOORE AND SON, INC. v. DREWRY

Record No. 951365.

467 S.E.2d 811 (1996)

GERALD M. MOORE AND SON, INCORPORATED v. Joseph S. DREWRY, Jr., and Drewry and Associates, Incorporated.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 1, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian N. Casey, Norfolk (Taylor & Walker, on briefs), for defendant-appellant and defendant.

John S. Wilson, Norfolk (Walter D. Kelly, Jr.; Willcox & Savage, on brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


LACY, Justice.

Pursuant to our Rule 5:42, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit certified a question of Virginia law to this Court which we accepted by order entered September 22, 1995. The question involves the application of the economic loss doctrine to an award of damages for negligent performance of a contract in the absence of privity.

The following facts are set forth in the Court of Appeals' order of certification. Gerald M. Moore...

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