FLAGSTAFF HOUSING v. DESIGN ALLIANCE

No. CV-09-0117-PR.

223 P.3d 664 (2010)

FLAGSTAFF AFFORDABLE HOUSING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, an Iowa limited partnership, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. DESIGN ALLIANCE, INC., an Iowa corporation, Defendant/Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

February 12, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tiffany & Bosco, P.A. By Robert A. Royal, Chad A. Hester, Phoenix, Attorneys for Flagstaff Affordable Housing Limited Partnership.

Renaud Cook Drury Mesaros, PA By Denise J. Wachholz, Phoenix, Attorneys for Design Alliance, Inc.

Folk & Associates, P.C. By P. Douglas Folk, Heather K. Seiferth, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amici Curiae American Council of Engineering Companies of Arizona, AIA Arizona, and ASFE.


OPINION

BALES, Justice.

¶ 1 The "economic loss doctrine" bars plaintiffs, in certain circumstances, from recovering economic damages in tort. This Court has previously applied the doctrine only to products liability claims. Today we apply the doctrine in a construction defect case and hold that a property owner is limited to its contractual remedies when an architect's negligent design causes economic loss but no physical injury to persons or other...

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