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discussed Cited as authority (verbatim quote) Frank Thomas Shumate, Jr. v. Wildlife Partners, LLC
Tex. App. · 2025 · signal: see · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote · confidence high
respondent failed to preserve error to challenge the measure of damages the jury was instructed to use. thus, damages are measured by the question and instruction given.
discussed Cited as authority (verbatim quote) In re: Polaris Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation
D. Minnesota · 2020 · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote · confidence high
when the business and commerce code and its warranty provisions apply, the economic loss rule measures the damages recoverable.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) In re: Austin S. Wilkinson; Carol M. French and Kipp Mickels v. Austin S. Wilkinson
Bankr. N.D. Tex. · 2025 · confidence medium
But like the grossly negligent supervision of subcontractors in Jim Walters Homes, Wilkinson’s alleged conduct produces an injury that is an “economic loss to the 290 See id. 291 See Shakeri, 816 F.3d at 292–93 (quoting Equistar Chems., L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co., 240 S.W.3d 864, 867 (Tex. 2007)). 292 See Jim Walters Homes, Inc. v. Reed, 711 S.W.2d 617, 618 (Tex. 1986). 293 Id. 294 Id.; see also Montgomery Ward & Co. v. Scharrenbeck, 204 S.W.2d 508 (Tex. 1947) (holding that negligent installation of a water heater that burned down an entire home gave rise to both contractual and independen…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Shamieh v. Rosenberg
N.D. Tex. · 2025 · confidence medium
“The economic loss rule applies when losses from an occurrence arise from failure of a product and the damage or loss is limited to the product itself.”14 But the “rule does not preclude tort recovery if a defective product causes physical harm to the ultimate user or consumer or other property of the user or consumer in addition to causing damage to the product itself.”15 14 Equistar Chems., L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co., 240 S.W.3d 864, 867 (Tex. 2007). 15 Id.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) House of Raeford Farms, Inc., Ozark Mountain Poultry, Inc. and Fieldale Farms Corporation v. Somma Food Group, LLC.
Tex. App. · 2024 · confidence medium
It applies in that context “when losses from an occurrence arise from failure of a product and the damage or loss is limited to the product itself.” Id. at 417–18 (quoting Equistar Chems., L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co., 240 S.W.3d 864, 867 (Tex. –5– 2007)).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) RDA Professional Beauty Supply Inc. and Velvia Deanne Kennel, Appellants/Cross-Appellees v. Kristal K. Clay, Appellee/Cross-Appellant
Tex. App. · 2023 · confidence medium
In Equistar Chemicals, L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co., a products liability action, the Supreme Court of Texas held that a defendant (Dresser) failed to preserve error as to the application of the economic loss rule when it did not plead the rule, reference the rule in any motions, or object to the jury charge on the basis of the rule. 240 S.W.3d 864, 868 (Tex. 2007).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Equinor Energy LP v. Lindale Pipeline, LLC
Tex. App. · 2023 · confidence medium
Equistar Chems., L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co., 240 S.W.3d 864, 868 (Tex. 2007) (citing Payne, 838 S.W.2d at 241 ).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Coulter v. Deere & Company
S.D. Tex. · 2022 · confidence medium
Implied Warranty of Merchantability The elements of a cause of action for breach of the implied warranty of merchantability are that: “1) the defendant sold or leased a product to the plaintiff; 2) the product was unmerchantable; 3) the plaintiff notified the defendant of the breach; and 4) the plaintiff suffered injury.” Equistar Chems., L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co., 240 S.W.3d 864, 867 (Tex. 2007) (internal citation omitted).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Stuart Herbst v. Deere-Hitachi Construction Machinery Corporation
S.D. Tex. · 2021 · confidence medium
“The elements of a cause of action for breach of the implied warranty of merchantability are . . . 1) the defendant sold or leased a product to the plaintiff; 2) the product was unmerchantable; 3) the plaintiff notified the defendant of the breach; and 4) the plaintiff suffered injury.” Equistar Chems., L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co., 240 S.W.3d 864, 867 (Tex. 2007) (internal citation omitted).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Frank Thomas Shumate Jr. D/B/A F.T.S. Trucking v. Berry Contracting, L.P. D/B/A Bay, Ltd.
Tex. App. · 2021 · confidence medium
P. 33.1; Equistar Chems., L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co., 240 S.W.3d 864, 868 (Tex. 2007) (concluding that no-evidence objections in the trial court did not preserve error regarding the application of the economic loss rule).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Four J's Community Living Center, Inc. and Anthonia Uduma v. Patti J. Wagner, as Guardian of Jenny Ann Wagner, an Incapacitated Adult
Tex. App. · 2021 · confidence medium
L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co., 240 S.W.3d 864, 868 (Tex. 2007); Primoris Energy Servs., 569 S.W.3d at 758 .
cited Cited as authority (rule) in the Interest of R.H., F v. M v. and P.H., Children
Tex. App. · 2021 · confidence medium
Equistar Chems., L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co., 240 S.W.3d 864, 868 (Tex. 2007).
cited Cited as authority (rule) WILLIAMS v. NIBCO, Inc.
W.D. Tex. · 2021 · confidence medium
Tex. 2019) (citing Equistar Chems., L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co., 240 S.W.3d 864, 867-68 (Tex. 2007)), aff’d sub nom.
cited Cited as authority (rule) AIG Europe, Limited v. Caterpillar, Incorporated
5th Cir. · 2020 · confidence medium
Equistar Chems., L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co., 240 S.W.3d 864, 867 (Tex. 2007) (quoting Polaris Indus., Inc. v. McDonald, 119 S.W.3d 331, 336 (Tex. App. 2003)).
cited Cited as authority (rule) AIG Europe, Limited v. Caterpillar, Incorporated
5th Cir. · 2020 · confidence medium
Equistar Chems., L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co., 240 S.W.3d 864, 867 (Tex. 2007) (quoting Polaris Indus., Inc. v. McDonald, 119 S.W.3d 331, 336 (Tex. App. 2003)).
examined Cited as authority (rule) Prime Texas Surveys, LLC v. Tim Ellis (3×) also: Cited "see"
Tex. App. · 2020 · confidence medium
Equistar Chems., L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co., 240 S.W.3d 864, 868 (Tex. 2007).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Gehan Homes, Ltd. v. NIBCO, Inc. (2×)
W.D. Tex. · 2020 · confidence medium
Tex. 2019) (citing Equistar Chems., L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co., 240 S.W.3d 864, 867-68 (Tex. 2007)), aff’d sub nom.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Starr Indem. & Liability Co. v. Rolls-Royce Corporation
9th Cir. · 2020 · confidence medium
In the product liability context, Texas’s economic loss rule precludes tort recovery for damage caused by a product to the “product itself” but not for damage caused to “other property.” Equistar Chems., L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co., 240 S.W.3d 864, 867 (Tex. 2007).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Golden Spread Cooperative v. Emerson Process Manag
5th Cir. · 2020 · confidence medium
See LAN/STV, 435 S.W.3d at 241, n.33 ; Equistar Chems., L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co., 240 S.W.3d 864, 867 (Tex. 2007).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Dixie Carpet Installations, Inc. v. Residences at Riverdale, LP and Residences at Riverdale GP, LLC
Tex. App. · 2020 · confidence medium
L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co., 240 S.W.3d 864, 868 (Tex. 2007) to argue that Riverdale waived the economic loss rule by not pleading it as an affirmative defense or objecting to the charge.
examined Cited as authority (rule) Shopoff Advisors, LP v. First American Title Co., Atrium Circle, GP, Atrium Winn, LLC, Atrium Kavoian, LLC Copperfield Square, Copperfield Winn, LLC, Copperfield Kavoian, LLC, Imperial Airport, Imperial Winn, LLC, Imperial Kavoian, LLC, Crystal Springs Partners, LLC, Commerce Office Park – One LP, and Universal Square, LP (4×) also: Cited "see"
Tex. App. · 2019 · confidence medium
With respect to the element of damages, the economic loss rule is not an affirmative defense; it “is a consideration in measuring damages.” Equistar Chems., L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co., 240 S.W.3d 864, 868 (Tex. 2007) (emphasis added); see also Jim Wren, Applying the Economic Loss Rule in Texas, 64 BAYLOR L.
cited Cited as authority (rule) Randall Scott Hulsey v. Milad Attalla, Individually and as Nest Friend of J. A., a Minor
Tex. App. · 2019 · confidence medium
Equistar Chems., L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co., 240 S.W.3d 864, 868 (Tex. 2007).
examined Cited as authority (rule) Shopoff Advisors, LP v. First American Title Co., Atrium Circle, GP, Atrium Winn, LLC, Atrium Kavoian, LLC Copperfield Square, Copperfield Winn, LLC, Copperfield Kavoian, LLC, Imperial Airport, Imperial Winn, LLC, Imperial Kavoian, LLC, Crystal Springs Partners, LLC, Commerce Office Park – One LP, and Universal Square, LP (4×) also: Cited "see"
Tex. App. · 2019 · confidence medium
With respect to the element of damages, the economic loss rule is not an affirmative defense; it “is a consideration in measuring damages.” Equistar Chems., L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co., 240 S.W.3d 864, 868 (Tex. 2007) (emphasis added); see also Jim Wren, Applying the Economic Loss Rule in Texas, 64 BAYLOR L.
cited Cited as authority (rule) Primoris Energy Services Corporation D/B/A Sprint Pipeline Services v. Thomas Myers
Tex. App. · 2018 · confidence medium
L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co., 240 S.W.3d 864, 868 (Tex. 2007).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) JEM International, Inc. v. Warner Properties, L.P.
Tex. App. · 2018 · confidence medium
P. 33.1(a); Equistar Chems., L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co., 240 S.W.3d 864, 867 (Tex. 2007) (economic loss rule complaint not preserved by objection to jury charge damage question); Caldwell v. Wright, No. 10-14-00244-CV, 2016 Tex. App. LEXIS 8633 (Tex. App.—Waco 2016, no pet.) (mem. op.) (same).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Primoris Energy Services Corporation D/B/A Sprint Pipeline Services v. Thomas Myers
Tex. App. · 2018 · confidence medium
L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co., 240 S.W.3d 864, 868 (Tex. 2007).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Abdul Khan v. the Chai Road, Inc., D/B/A Waterjet Works
Tex. App. · 2017 · confidence medium
If Khan “believed that the jury charge presented an improper measure of damages . . ., [he] was required to timely object and make the trial court aware of [his] complaint in order to preserve error for appeal.” Equistar Chemicals, L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co., 240 S.W.3d 864, 868 (Tex. 2007); see TEX.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Russell Caldwell D/B/A RW Caldwell Construction v. Jackie Wright (2×) also: Cited "see"
Tex. App. · 2016 · confidence medium
Co., 242 S.W.3d 1, 12 (Tex. 2007) (contract); Equistar Chems., L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co., 240 S.W.3d 864, 867 (Tex. 2007) (product); Sw.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Abraham Shakeri v. ADT Security Services, I
5th Cir. · 2016 · confidence medium
Following this principle, Texas courts have held that “[t]he [economic loss] rule does not preclude tort recovery if [the injury involves] physical harm to the ultimate user or consumer or other property.” Equistar Chems., L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co., 240 S.W.3d 864, 867 (Tex. 2007); see also Restatement (Third) of Torts: Liab. for Econ.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Lopez v. Huron (2×) also: Cited "see"
Tex. App. · 2016 · confidence medium
“The economic loss rule applies when losses froto an occurrence arise from failure of a product and the damage or loss is limited to the product itself.” Equistar Chemicals, L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co., 240 S.W.3d 864, 867 (Tex.2007).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Susan England v. Janice Kolbe, as Guardian of the Estate of Edna Moon (2×)
Tex. App. · 2015 · confidence medium
We have since reaffirmed: " The economic Rev. 204, 229 (2012) (citing James, supra note 18, at 45). loss rule applies when losses from an occurrence arise from failure of a product and the damage or loss is limited to the [28] See Restatement, T.D. 1, § 1 cmt. c. product itself." Equistar Chems., L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co., 240 S.W.3d 864, 867 (Tex. 2007) (citations omitted) (the [29] Id. § 1.
cited Cited as authority (rule) Allen L. Berry, Joseph D. McCord, and Robert G. Taylor, II v. Encore Bank
Tex. App. · 2015 · confidence medium
Equistar Chems., L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co., 240 S.W.3d 864, 867 (Tex. 2007); Lamar Homes, Inc. v. Mid-Continent Cas.
cited Cited as authority (rule) Allen L. Berry, Joseph D. McCord, and Robert G. Taylor, II v. Encore Bank
Tex. App. · 2015 · confidence medium
Equistar Chems., L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co., 240 S.W.3d 864, 867 (Tex. 2007); Lamar Homes, Inc. v. Mid-Continent Cas.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) USA Walnut Creek, Dst v. Terracon Consultants, Inc. F/K/A Hbc Engineering, Inc.
Tex. App. · 2015 · confidence medium
DUTY A. Applicable Law Under what is known as the economic loss rule, parties to a contract may be barred from recovering purely economic losses in a negligence claim.9 Sharyland Water Supply Corp. v. City of Alton, 354 S.W.3d 407, 415 (Tex. 2011) (citing Equistar Chems., L.P. v. Dresser–Rand Co., 240 S.W.3d 864, 867 (Tex. 2007); Jim Walter Homes, Inc. v. Reed, 711 S.W.2d 617, 618 (Tex. 1986)).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Levi and Michelle McKenzie v. Community National Bank
Tex. App. · 2015 · confidence medium
Equistar Chem., L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co., 240 S.W.3d 864, 868 (Tex. 2007).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) lan/stv, a Joint Venture of Lockwood, Andrews & Newman, Inc. and Stv Incorporated v. Martin K. Eby Construction Company, Inc. (2×)
Tex. · 2014 · confidence medium
We have since reaffirmed: "The economic loss rule applies when losses from an occurrence arise from failure of a product and the damage or loss is limited to the product itself.” Equistar Chems., L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co., 240 S.W.3d 864, 867 (Tex.2007) (citations omitted) (the Court, however, did not reach the court of appeals’ application of the economic loss rule). 34 .
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Ashmita Unni Prakash v. Ashish and Aparna Kamat
Tex. App. · 2014 · confidence medium
L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co., 240 S.W.3d 864, 868 (Tex.2007) (holding that in the absence of an objection that the charge submitted an improper measure of damages, the argument was not preserved for appeal).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Grizzly Mountain Aviation, Inc. v. Honeywell International, Inc. (2×) also: Cited "see"
Tex. App. · 2013 · confidence medium
Grizzly does not dispute that it purchased the accident helicopter with the allegedly defective engine after bargaining with the helicopter’s manufacturer, Kaman and that Honeywell did not replace the engine. 8 Equistar Chemicals, L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co., 123 S.W.3d 584 (Tex. App.— Houston [14th Dist.] 2004), rev’d on other grounds by 240 S.W.3d 864, 867 (Tex. 2007), is instructive on the issue. 9 In Equistar, the plaintiff sued the defendant for damages that resulted from the failure of integral components in two large compressors.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, Co., Ltd. D/B/A DSME v. Ikanco, Inc., Choong S. Kim, and Yong J. An
Tex. App. · 2012 · confidence medium
P. 329; Equistar Chem., L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co., 240 S.W.3d 864, 866 (Tex.2007) ("Dresser’s ... motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict [was] overruled by operation of law.”); Brown v. Zimmerman, 160 S.W.3d 695 , 702 n. 7 (Tex.App.-Dallas 2005, no pet.) ("The trial court did not rule on the motion for Qjnov therefore the motion was overruled by operation of law.”).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Texas Mutual Insurance Co. v. Ruttiger
Tex. · 2012 · signal: cf. · confidence medium
Cf. Equistar Chems., L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co., 240 S.W.3d 864, 868 (Tex.2007) (holding that the defendant’s no-evidence objections at the trial court did not preserve error as to its related legal arguments).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Martin v. Martin (2×)
Tex. App. · 2012 · confidence medium
P. 278; Ford Motor Co. v. Ledesma, 242 S.W.3d 32, 43 (Tex. 2007); Equistar Chems., L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co., 240 S.W.3d 864, 868 (Tex.2007).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Barzoukas v. FOUNDATION DESIGN, LTD. (2×)
Tex. App. · 2012 · confidence medium
Sharyland, [ 354 S.W.3d at 417-18 ] 2011 WL 5042023 at *7 . • “We ... declined to extend DeLanney to a fraudulent inducement claim, even when the claimant suffered only economic losses to the subject of a contract.” Id. (citing Formosa Plastics Corp. USA v. Presidio Eng’rs & Contractors, Inc., 960 S.W.2d 41, 46 (Tex.1998)). • The economic loss rule “ ‘applies when losses from an occurrence arise from failure of a product and the damage or loss is limited to the product itself.’ ” Sharyland, [ 354 S.W.3d at 417-18 ] 2011 WL 5042023 at *7 (quoting Equistar Chems., L.P. v. Dress…
cited Cited as authority (rule) Scott D. Martin, Individually and as Trustee of the Ruben S. Martin, III, Dynasty Trust v. Courtney Noel Martin and Robin Thomas Martin
Tex. App. · 2012 · confidence medium
P. 278; Ford Motor Co. v. Ledesma, 242 S.W.3d 32, 43 (Tex. 2007); Equistar Chems., L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co., 240 S.W.3d 864, 868 (Tex. 2007).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Nicolas Barzoukas v. Foundation Design, Ltd and Larry Smith
Tex. App. · 2012 · confidence medium
Sharyland, 2011 WL 5042023 at *7 . • “We . . . declined to extend DeLanney to a fraudulent inducement claim, even when the claimant suffered only economic losses to the subject of a contract.” 8 Id. (citing Formosa Plastics Corp. USA v. Presidio Eng’rs & Contractors, Inc., 960 S.W.2d 41, 46 (Tex. 1998)). • The economic loss rule “‘applies when losses from an occurrence arise from failure of a product and the damage or loss is limited to the product itself.’” Sharyland, 2011 WL 5042023 at *7 (quoting Equistar Chems., L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co., 240 S.W.3d 864, 867 (Tex. 2007)). …
cited Cited as authority (rule) Approach Resources I, L.P. v. Cheryl Elizabeth Clayton
Tex. App. · 2012 · confidence medium
See Tex. R.App.P. 33.1(a); Equistar Chems., L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co., 240 S.W.3d 864, 868 (Tex.2007).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Approach Resources I, L.P. v. Cheryl Elizabeth Clayton
Tex. App. · 2012 · confidence medium
See TEX.R.APP.P. 33.1(a); Equistar Chems., L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co., 240 S.W.3d 864, 868 (Tex. 2007).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Sharyland Water Supply Corp. v. City of Alton
Tex. · 2011 · confidence medium
This is often referred to as “the economic loss rule.” See Equistar Chems., L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co., 240 S.W.3d 864, 867 (Tex.2007); Jim Walter Homes, Inc. v. Reed, 711 S.W.2d 617, 618 (Tex.1986).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Teague v. NORCOLD, INC.
N.D. Tex. · 2011 · confidence medium
Equistar Chems., L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co., 240 S.W.3d 864, 867 (Tex.2007) (citing Nobility Homes, 557 S.W.2d at 79-80 ).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Wolf Hollow I, L.P. v. El Paso Marketing, L.P.
Tex. App. · 2010 · confidence medium
Equistar Chems., L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co., 240 S.W.3d 864, 867 (Tex.2007).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Wolf Hollow I, L.P. v. El Paso Marketing, L.P. and Enterprise Texas Pipeline, LLC
Tex. App. · 2010 · confidence medium
Equistar Chems., L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co. , 240 S.W.3d 864, 867 (Tex. 2007).
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EQUISTAR CHEMICALS, L.P., Petitioner,
v.
DRESSER-RAND COMPANY, Respondent
04-0121.
Texas Supreme Court.
May 4, 2007.
240 S.W.3d 864
2007 Tex. LEXIS 409
2007 WL 1299161
Claudia Wilson Frost, Christopher Jene Richart, Monica Cristina Flores, Jeremy Jason Gaston, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, Houston, Thomas H. Cook Jr., Richard G. Urquhart, Zelle Hofmann Voel-bel Mason & Gette, LLP, Dallas, for petitioner., Thomas C. Wright, Michael A. Choyke, Chad Michael Forbes, Wright Brown & Close, LLP, Houston, for respondent., Ben Taylor, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Dallas, for amicus curiae.
Johnson.
Cited by 109 opinions  |  Published
Justice JOHNSON

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case presents questions of how the economic loss rule is to be asserted in the trial court.

I. Background

In the mid 1970s Equistar Chemicals, LP [1] bought two gas compressors from Dresser-Rand Company. Equistar operated the compressors as part of a chemical manufacturing process. The compressors, OP-I and OP-II, are large gas compression units containing many component parts. Impellers, which resemble large fan blades, are essential parts of the compressors. In 1989 Dresser upgraded the compressors by increasing the size of the existing impellers from 42 inches to 44 inches. While the compressors functioned without major difficulties before the upgrade, afterwards the impellers failed to various degrees in 1991, 1993, and 1995. To address the recurring failures Equistar decided to revert to the 42-inch impellers, but sought to maintain the higher output achieved by the 44-inch impellers. Accordingly, Equistar retained Dresser to trim an impeller that Equistar purchased from Dresser in 1991 from 44 inches to 42 inches and install it on OP-I. To effectuate Equistar’s goal to achieve the higher output with the 42-inch impeller, Dresser advised Equistar to operate the 42-inch impeller at a higher speed than the speed at which it was originally operated.

On April 1, 1999 the OP-I impeller failed, causing major damage to the compressor, its turbine and adjacent parts of the plant. Following the April failure Dresser supplied engineering and repair services to help repair and reassemble the compressor. As part of the process Dresser replaced the failed 42-inch impeller with a 42-inch impeller that Dresser had sold to Equistar in the late 1980s. The replacement impeller failed on May 14, 1999, again causing extensive damage.

On July 24, 2000 Equistar sued Dresser because of the April and May 1999 failures. Equistar sought recovery for the cost of repairing and replacing all the damaged property, including the compressor and impellers, and for losses due to interruption of its business. Equistar alleged causes of action for negligence; strict liability for manufacturing, marketing and design defects; and breach of implied warranty of merchantability.

The case was tried to a jury. As to liability the jury found that the negligence of both Equistar and Dresser proximately caused the occurrence(s); manufacturing, design and marketing defects in the impellers were producing causes of the occurrence(s); and the impellers supplied by Dresser were unfit for the ordinary purposes for which they were used and the unfit condition proximately caused the oc[*866] currence(s). The jury apportioned causation for the occurrence(s) 80% to Dresser and 20% to Equistar. In answer to the single damages question the jury found that Equistar’s damages for repairs to its plant resulting from the occurrence(s) in question were $3,641,210. The trial court instructed the jury that, with respect to damages, it was to consider only the cost of repairs “in Harris County, Texas, to restore the Equistar Chemicals’ ethylene plant to the condition it was in immediately before the occurrence(s) in question.” The damages question was not conditioned on any other question. Dresser did not object to the damages question or instruction except for objections to the legal and factual sufficiency of the evidence.

Judgment was entered over Dresser’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. Dresser’s motion for new trial and second motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict were overruled by operation of law.

The court of appeals held that Dresser’s no-evidence objections preserved error as to the economic loss rule and that Equis-tar’s claims for damages to the compressor were barred by limitations. It reasoned that the compressor was the subject of the relevant contract of sale between the parties, damage to the compressor itself was economic damage recoverable only through a contractual breach of warranty cause of action and the claim for damage to the compressor, whether caused by original or replacement parts, was barred when the statute of limitations ran on claims arising from breaches based on the original 1975 contract for sale of the compressor. 123 S.W.3d 584, 588. The court of appeals rejected Equistar’s assertion that the failed impellers were the “products” that formed the basis of the relevant agreement between Equistar and Dresser. [2] The court of appeals also held that (1) Equistar’s claim for consequential business interruption damages, being contractual in nature, was barred by limitations for the same reason that the breach of warranty claims were barred and (2) because consequential damages were barred by limitations, Equistar’s appeal of the pretrial summary judgment in favor of Dresser as to those damages was moot. Finally, the court of appeals held that some evidence supported Equistar’s tort claims for damage to property other than the compressor and remanded that claim for a new trial.

As relevant to our disposition of the appeal, Equistar questions whether Dresser preserved error for appellate review as to the economic loss rule and if it did, the manner in which the court of appeals applied the rule. Equistar also urges, in part, that (1) the court of appeals improperly and sua sponte made an election of remedies for Equistar; and (2) the court of appeals improperly held Equistar’s appeal from the pre-trial summary judgment as to its business interruption damages moot when the case was remanded for a new trial on tort theories.

Dresser asserts that (1) it preserved error as to the economic loss rule by its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict; (2) the court of appeals properly applied the economic loss rule; (3) the jury’s findings of negligence and design, manufacturing and marketing defects are not supported by legally sufficient evidence; and (4) Equistar’s claims in tort are barred by limitations and the statute of repose.

[*867] II. The Economic Loss Rule

A. General

The economic loss rule applies when losses from an occurrence arise from failure of a product and the damage or loss is limited to the product itself. See Nobility Homes of Texas, Inc. v. Shivers, 557 S.W.2d 77, 79-80 (Tex.1977); Signal Oil & Gas Co. v. Universal Oil Prods., 572 S.W.2d 320, 325 (Tex.1978) (“[W]here only the product itself is damaged, such damage constitutes economic loss recoverable only as damages for breach of an implied warranty under the [Business and Commerce Code].”). The rule does not preclude tort recovery if a defective product causes physical harm to the ultimate user or consumer or other property of the user or consumer in addition to causing damage to the product itself. See Nobility Homes, 557 S.W.2d at 79-80; Signal Oil, 572 S.W.2d at 325; Mid Continent Aircraft Corp. v. Curry County Spraying Serv., 572 S.W.2d 308, 313 (Tex.1978) (“[I]n transactions between a commercial seller and commercial buyer, when no physical injury has occurred to persons or other property, injury to the defective product itself is an economic loss governed by the Uniform Commercial Code.”).

B. Preservation of Error

Equistar contends that the economic loss rule is an affirmative defense Dresser did not assert and that in any event Dresser did not preserve error as to the economic loss rule. Dresser does not contend that it pled the rule, made any motions referencing the rule, or mentioned the rule in objections to the jury charge. The court of appeals acknowledged that Dresser’s pre- and post-trial motions did not mention the rule. Nevertheless, referencing Rocky Mountain Helicopters, Inc. v. Lubbock County Hosp. Dist., 987 S.W.2d 50, 52 (Tex.1998) and Edward D. Jones & Co. v. Fletcher, 975 S.W.2d 539, 543 (Tex.1998), the court of appeals held that Dresser’s no-evidence points in its directed verdict and post-trial motions “necessarily encompassed” the economic loss rule because if no tort claims could be asserted, then Equistar’s cause of action accrued at the time of sale and its suit was untimely. 123 S.W.3d at 586 n. 10.

In Signal Oil this Court held that defective product remedies are adequately provided for in tort through application of section 402A of the Restatement (Second) of Torts and in contract by the implied warranty provisions of the Texas Business and Commerce Code. See Signal Oil, 572 S.W.2d at 325; Tex. Bus. & Comm. Code §§ 2.315, 2.316. In transactions governed by the Business and Commerce Code the seller has the duty to furnish goods complying with the applicable contractual implied warranty unless the warranty is excluded or modified. See id. § 2.316. The warranties exist regardless of whether they are breached. When the Business and Commerce Code and its warranty provisions apply, the economic loss rule measures the damages recoverable. See Nobility Homes, 557 S.W.2d at 80 (noting that the Uniform Commercial Code was drafted specifically to govern commercial losses and provides the proper remedies to recover such losses). Equistar, as the party seeking recovery, had the burden to obtain findings to support a judgment in its favor, including findings as to damages. See Polaris Indus. v. McDonald, 119 S.W.3d 331, 336 (Tex.App.Tyler 2003, no pet.) (“The elements of a cause of action for breach of the implied warranty of merchantability are as follows: 1) the defendant sold or leased a product to the plaintiff; 2) the product was unmer-chantable; 3) the plaintiff notified the defendant of the breach; and 4) the plaintiff suffered injury.”). We agree with Dresser[*868] that because the existence and amount of damages were part of Equistar’s cause of action, Dresser was not required to assert the economic loss rule as an affirmative defense. The rule is a consideration in measuring damages in a case such as this.

But, the jury was asked to find only one damages amount. The jury was not instructed to distinguish damages resulting from its findings that Dresser committed torts from its finding that Dresser breached an implied warranty. The jury was instructed to consider only the cost of repairs “to restore the Equistar Chemicals’ ethylene plant to the condition it was in immediately prior to the occurrence(s) in question.” Dresser did not object to the damages question or instruction as proposed and submitted. If Dresser believed that the jury charge presented an improper measure of damages because it allowed the jury to find both tort and contract damages by a single answer, it was required to timely object and make the trial court aware of its complaint in order to preserve error for appeal. See Tex.R. Civ. P. 272; Tex. R. Civ. P. 274 (“A party objecting to a charge must point out distinctly the objectionable matter and the grounds of the objection. Any complaint as to a question, definition, or instruction, on account of any defect, omission, or fault in pleading, is waived unless specifically included in the objections.”); State Dep’t of Highways & Pub. Transp. v. Payne, 838 S.W.2d 235, 241 (Tex.1992); Tribble & Stephens Co. v. Consol. Servs., Inc., 744 S.W.2d 945, 949 (Tex.App.-San Antonio 1987, writ denied) (holding that the defendant waived the right to complain on appeal that the plaintiff offered insufficient evidence of the proper measure of damages because defendant failed to point out to the trial court that the improper measure of damages was submitted to the jury). Dresser failed to preserve error to challenge the measure of damages the jury was instructed to use. Thus, damages are measured by the question and instruction given. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Sturges, 52 S.W.3d 711, 715 (Tex.2001); Osterberg v. Peca, 12 S.W.3d 31, 55 (Tex.2000).

Assuming, without deciding, that Dresser’s no-evidence points in the trial court “necessarily encompassed” the contention that it owed no tort duty under the facts as the court of appeals held, 123 S.W.3d at 586 n. 10, the no-evidence complaints did not clearly and distinctly make the trial court aware of a contention that the economic loss rule applied to bar Equistar from recovering tort damages for injuries to the compressor. See Tex.R. Civ. P. 274. Even if there had been no evidence of a tort duty, there still was no question that Dresser sold the compressor and impellers to Equistar and that implied warranties of merchantability existed at some point as to both. The questions of how much damages, if any, could be recovered if the warranties had been breached and whether recovery of those damages was barred by limitations existed in the suit independent of the tort issues and questions. We agree with Equistar that Dresser’s no-evidence objections and motions for judgment n.o.v., without more, did not preserve error as to the economic loss rule.

III. Conclusion

The court of appeals erred in concluding that Dresser preserved error as to the economic loss rule. However, we agree with the court of appeals’ conclusions that (1) legally sufficient evidence supported the jury’s tort liability findings, (2) Equis-tar’s tort claims were not barred by limitations, and (3) Dresser waived its statute of repose defense.

Because we must remand the case to the court of appeals for consideration of[*869] Dresser’s factual sufficiency challenges, we do not address any additional issues raised by the parties. Those issues should first be considered by the court of appeals in light of this opinion.

The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed and the case is remanded to the court of appeals for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

1

. Lyondell Chemicals was Equistar’s predecessor in interest. The parties do not differentiate between dealings between predecessors in interest and dealings between Dresser-Rand Company and Equistar, so neither will we. For simplicity we will refer to all dealings as being between Dresser and Equistar.

2

. Because we conclude that Dresser did not preserve error as to the economic loss rule we express no opinion on that part of the court of appeals’ opinion which addresses the rule and its application.