We’re not alone in our interest in how the economic-loss doctrine applies to alleged violations of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75-1.1. In a recent case in the North Carolina Business Court involving section 75-1.1 claims, Judge Michael L. Robinson requested supplemental briefing on the economic-loss doctrine. Judge Robinson’s sua sponte […]
North Carolina courts regularly dismiss claims for violation of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75-1.1 where the allegations amount to nothing more than a breach of contract. A recent decision by Judge Adam M. Conrad of the North Carolina Business Court, however, provides a potential pathway around that doctrine. In LendingTree […]
A recent opinion from the North Carolina Business Court illustrates courts’ continued reluctance to allow section 75-1.1 claims in the context of an employer-employee relationship. Judge James L. Gale recently dismissed a N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75-1.1 claim that arose from an employment relationship that had evolved into a business […]
As we have discussed before, courts in North Carolina have not agreed on how the economic-loss rule applies, if at all, to claims under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75-1.1. Two recent decisions by the North Carolina Court of Appeals—ten days apart—illustrate the varying approaches to this issue. Applying the economic-loss […]