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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Gang: See below. Being sent on behalf of Gary. Arnie.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Gary L. Brown <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 12, 2012 1:59 PM<br><b>To:</b> RPPTL constructionlaw<br><b>Subject:</b> Pardon the interruption</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Has anyone successfully prosecuted a claim against a manufacturer on behalf of a roofing company to recover consequential damages (costs of removal and replacement of the roof) due to defective materials? I’m looking into potential theories of recovery (and anticipated defenses including ELR) against the manufacturer (client doesn’t necessarily want to go after the supplier).</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>There is an applicator agreement between the roofing company and manufacturer but the materials were purchased directly from a supplier. I’m aware of the privity requirement for an implied warranty claim. Has anyone argued that the applicator agreement establishes the necessary privity? The cases I’ve seen don’t discuss the nuances, but simply say that privity is required and go against a roofer that purchased directly from a supplier (vertical non-privity). There’s no discussion in the cases about applicator agreements, but my assumption is that every roofer for a major manufacturer has one, yet the appellate decisions hold against the roofer. Either that’s because no one has made the argument in the trial court, or the appellate court just assumed no privity in the traditional sense since the roofer didn’t buy directly from the manufacturer.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>If the applicator agreement doesn’t establish the necessary privity, then would the ELR bar a negligence claim? I’ve seen cases that hold that in non-privity cases, the ELR still applies where there is no damage to “other property”. And under <i>Casa Clara</i>, the damage to the other roofing components would likely not fall into that category. And as noted in <i>Indemnity</i> (citing <i>Casa Clara</i>) costs of replacement would fit squarely within purely economic losses barred the ELR.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Any suggestions/comments would be greatly appreciated.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='color:#1F497D'>Per the “what would Arnie do” rule, please email your comments to <a href="mailto:gbrown@wsh-law.com">gbrown@wsh-law.com</a></span></u><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Gary</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p style='margin-bottom:15.0pt;line-height:16.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#AF6019'>Gary L. 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