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- Title: City Express Inc. V. Express Partners
- Author : Hawaii Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 19, 1998
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 62 KB
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Respondent-appellant/cross-appellee Express Partners filed an appeal of this action after a directed verdict was entered in favor of petitioners-appellees/cross-appellants Architects 2, Inc., Douglas Sonoda, and Lloyd Sako [hereinafter collectively referred to as Architects 2]. The Intermediate Court of Appeals (ICA) affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded for a new trial. We granted certiorari to address the application of the economic loss rule to a negligence action between an owner and an architect who are in privity of contract. Because we hold that the circuit court was correct in ruling that the economic loss rule bars Express Partners negligence action, we: (1) reverse the opinion of the ICA; (2) order the opinion of the ICA depublished pursuant to Rule 2(a) of the Rules of the Intermediate Court of Appeals; and (3) affirm the ruling of the circuit court, which granted a directed verdict in favor of Architects 2.