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LORD v. CUSTOMIZED CONSULTING

No. COA06-725.

643 S.E.2d 28 (2007)

William A. LORD and Jennifer L. Lord, Plaintiffs, v. CUSTOMIZED CONSULTING SPECIALTY, INC., 84 Components Company, 84 Lumber Company and 84 Lumber Company, a Limited Partnership, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 17, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wells Jenkins Lucas & Jenkins PLLC, by Ellis B. Drew, III, Winston-Salem, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Young, Morphis, Bach, & Taylor, L.L.P., by Thomas C. Morphis and Jimmy R. Summerlin, Hickory, for defendants-appellants.

WYNN, Judge.

The economic loss rule in North Carolina prohibits recovery for purely economic loss in tort, as such claims are instead governed by contract law.1 Here, the subcontractor defendants argue that the economic loss rule prohibits the recovery of damages arising from their alleged negligence in designing or manufacturing trusses used in constructing the plaintiff's home. Because the economic loss rule does not operate to bar a...

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