CORPOREX DEV. & CONSTR. v. SHOOK

No. 2004-0752.

106 Ohio St.3d 412 (2005)

2005-Ohio-5409

CORPOREX DEVELOPMENT & CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, INC., F.K.A. CORPOREX CONSTRUCTORS, INC.; DUBLIN SUITES, INC., APPELLEE, v. SHOOK, INC., APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided October 26, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thompson Hine, L.L.P., Michael W. Currie, O. Judson Scheaf III, and Paul Giorgianni, for appellant.

Maguire & Schneider, L.L.P., Karl H. Schneider, and William C. Donahue, for appellee.

Kegler, Brown, Hill & Ritter Co., L.P.A., Donald W. Gregory, and Robert G. Cohen, urging reversal for amicus curiae American Subcontractors Association.

Schottenstein, Zox & Dunn and Roger L. Sabo, urging reversal for amicus curiae Ohio Contractors Association.

Murray & Murray Co., L.P.A., Dennis E. Murray Jr., and James S. Timmerberg, for amicus curiae Murray & Murray Co., L.P.A.


O'CONNOR, J.

{¶ 1} Today we are called upon to decide whether the economic-loss rule bars a building project owner from recovery of purely economic damages in tort against a subcontractor, based upon breach of contractually created duties. We find that it does.

{¶ 2} In reviewing this case, we are mindful of the fact that appellant Shook's judgment in the trial...

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