LINCOLN GENERAL INS. v. DETROIT DIESEL CORP.

No. M2008-01427-SC-R23-CQ.

293 S.W.3d 487 (2009)

LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. DETROIT DIESEL CORPORATION et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

August 21, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Catalano, Nashville, Tennessee, and Steven B. Epstein, Raleigh, North Carolina, for the petitioner, Prevost Car (US) Inc.

Jeremy L. Jones and John W. Reis, Charlotte, North Carolina, and Max Smith, Nashville, Tennessee, for the respondent, Lincoln General Insurance Company.

James C. Bradshaw, III, Nashville, Tennessee, for the defendant, Detroit Diesel Corporation.


OPINION

JANICE M. HOLDER, C.J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which CORNELIA A. CLARK, GARY R. WADE, WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., and SHARON G. LEE, JJ., joined.

We accepted the following question of law certified by the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee: Does Tennessee law recognize an exception to the economic loss doctrine under which recovery in tort is possible for damage...

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