pair recent state court decisions d...

pair recent state court decisions dealing with application of the economic los doctrine to bar negligence suits on parties who have no contractual relationship with the plaintiff illustrate a growing divergence of opinion among the states.
In Illinois, a design firm was held negligent because its design was treated as akin to a outcome while in Hawaii a supplier was held liable for supplying information rather than a produce
The Illinois decision was restoreed by the state court of appeals. It involved a suit on an insurer who had paid its contractor insured for its