East River Steamship Corp. v. Transamerica Delaval Inc.

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1986-06-16

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Justice Blackmun delivered the opinion of the Court. In this admiralty case, we must decide whether a cause of action in tort is stated when a defective product purchased in a commercial transaction malfunctions, injuring only the product itself and causing purely economic loss. The case requires us to consider preliminarily whether admiralty law, which alrea…

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