HARDAWAY CO. v. PARSONS, BRINCKERHOFF, ETC.

No. S96G1228.

479 S.E.2d 727 (1997)

267 Ga. 424

HARDAWAY CO. v. PARSONS, BRINCKERHOFF, QUADE & DOUGLAS, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

January 21, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Bernard Haynes, Charles K. McKnight, Jr., King & Spalding, Atlanta, for Hardaway Co.

Kent T. Stair, Gregory Howard Wheeler, Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Atlanta, for Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade & Douglas, Inc., et al.


SEARS, Justice.

In this appeal, we must determine when a cause of action accrues in a suit brought by a general contractor seeking recovery for economic losses incurred due to alleged negligent misrepresentations made by a design engineer, with whom the contractor is not in privity. The Court of Appeals held that the cause of action accrued when the general contractor entered into a contract in partial reliance on the alleged misrepresentations. Because we hold that...

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