Holding the "narrow" exception to the economic loss rule is "limited to a defendant's affirmative misrepresentations on which a plaintiff relies and which expose a plaintiff to liability for personal damages."
Holding that no fiduciary relationship existed between advertisers of cereal and consumers because "it is unnecessary to call upon the law of fiduciary relationships to perform a function for which it was not designed and is largely unsuited"
44 Cal.App.4th 634 (Cal. Ct. App. 1996) Cited 465 times
Finding the defendant "concealed the true facts in the hope that the first Mrs. Roddenberry would accept . . . payments and never discover she was receiving only a third."
Holding that a securities "placement agent" employed by the issuing company was not liable because the issuing company did not transfer the securities to the plaintiffs
801 F. Supp. 2d 908 (C.D. Cal. 2010) Cited 87 times
Holding that a manufacturer's express warranty extended the statute of limitations on plaintiff's breach of implied warranty claim under the future performance exception under California's Song-Beverly Act
918 F. Supp. 2d 1023 (E.D. Cal. 2013) Cited 53 times
Holding that the economic loss rule did not bar a negligence claim against a supplier of contaminated eggs when the supplier's eggs caused damage to other eggs held by the plaintiff