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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Ok, apparently I have too much time on my
hands, so I am going to chime in. Frankly, I like Kim’s analysis,
which seems to be to start with what kind of damage you have.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I see the whole ELR argument to have
initially derailed when someone coined that phrase, “Economic Loss Rule”.
I want to suggest another term, perhaps, the “Edge of Duty”
rule. It takes me back to Torts at Stetson with Professor Lindsey, I
wonder what ever happened to him and his pith helmet. But I
digress. Follow me down the path (rabbit hole) of duty. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Our duties obviously arise out of our
relationships to one another. Two strangers pass on the street. What
duty do they owe to one another? Does one, a wizard of Wall Street, owe a
duty to tell the other of his latest hot stock tip? No. Does the other
owe a duty to warn the wizard that his shoelace is untied? No. The
context of their relationship brings them into only the most simple of duties,
to not damage the other in their person or property. Society, and
therefore the Law, does not impose any other duty upon them.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Change our two test subjects to doctor and
patient, or attorney and client and you obviously have a different outcome, but
only in the context of the relationship that they have. The patient and
client are now in the relationship for the express or implied purpose of
relying upon the professional for his or her skill and judgment and there are reasonable
expectations about the skill and judgment based on the profession. And
that’s the limit. The professional does not owe some duty beyond the
expertise of his profession. So, we have no cause of action for the doctor
giving bad legal advice or the attorney misdiagnosing our symptoms.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Now take our test subjects out of the
professions and into something more mundane, the sale of a product. Let’s
pick on car dealers (contractors). The customer buys a new car (building)
with the understanding that it comes with certain warranties (to code) and will
perform satisfactorily as transportation (shelter) with all the comforts of
leather seats, various dials and gauges, air conditioning and satellite radio
(roof, HVAC, Plumbing). He buys a certain perceived quality based upon
brand recognition and price. This bargained for exchange sets his
expectations about the purchase and he is free to buy better quality (different
specs). <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Lets say, brand x, is known as the best of
the best. Our purchaser does not know that brand x cars buy the worst radio
(you choose the item) built under the worst conditions in a country with no
standards. (sub performing to specifications). But brand x knows this and
knowing the low quality of the radio, buys them and puts them in their cars.
(low bid gets the job).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Now the radio fails. Purchaser has
suffered an economic loss because radio in the car does not live up to his
expectations and his action is against the seller who warranted or represented
the quality of the entire product. Purchaser has no claim against the
manufacturer because he had no dealings with the manufacturer. The
manufacturer never said the product was any good. The manufacturer had no
duty to the car purchaser. The manufacturer sold his product at a low
price because he and the buyer knew it was low quality. Brand x could
have bought a better radio for its cars for which the manufacturer would have
charged more. This is the edge of the manufacturer’s duty. The
radio performed as the manufacturer and brand x cars anticipated that it
would. How brand x represented the final product to the purchaser is not
within the manufacturer’s control.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Change the scenario, when the radio fails,
it burns up the car. Again, our car purchaser has a car that didn’t
perform as warranted and he or she has a disappointed economic expectation and
a cause of action against the brand x seller. Now that there is damage to
something other than the radio, the brand x guys may have a cause of action
against the manufacturer of the radio. We knew the radio wouldn’t last
long, but no one expected it to catch fire. The car buyer is beyond the
edge of the manufacturer’s duty, but brand x cars may not be.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Change it again, the radio burns up
causing the car to burn up and that sets the house of the car buyer on fire.
Now, because we all owe to each other a duty not to injure even a stranger in
his person or property, the car buyer is within the protected class and has
liability.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>So, what was damaged and how, and the
relationship of the parties, establishes the edge of duty. The contract expresses
the duty that the parties have agreed exist, beyond those imposed by society
(no harm to person or property), in exchange for the contract price.
Strangers to the contract are not owed any duty and do not owe any duty other
than those imposed by society (no harm to person or property). Thus, the
Edge of Duty.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>OK, go back to work.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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[mailto:clc-discussion-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>kim.ashby@akerman.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, March 20, 2014
11:02 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> EWhelan@gunster.com;
smickley@gouldcooksey.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b>
clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [CLC-Discussion]
Tiara Condominium - Economic Loss Rule and Independent Tort</span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Recall that generally speaking contract
damages are for "the benefit of the bargain" as well as according to
the express reservations against certain damages in the contract. Tort
damages are "but for" as in "but for the negligence the damages
would not have been incurred." Sometimes this helps break down the
analysis. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>I blame myself for the quagmire- I had
always asked for a Tiara, and now I have one. Prefer one of Princess Di's
though.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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On Mar 19, 2014, at 7:00 PM, "Sean A. Mickley" <<a
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anyone, arguing against motions to dismiss negligence claims in the
construction defect context when there is also a breach of contract claim? The
obvious position I am getting from opposing counsel on cases is that Justice
Pariente is a genius and that an independent tort must be alleged without
citing more; however, the <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Tiara</span></i> decision
does not necessarily stand for that proposition. Arguably, in the construction
defect context, a cause of action for negligence could almost always be brought
simultaneously with a breach of contract action given the limitations of
consequential damages in contract actions. Stated differently, a negligence
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