8 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 69 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Casa Clara Condo. Ass'n v. Charley Toppino and Sons, Inc..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Casa Clara Condo. Ass'n v. Charley Toppino and Sons, Inc. Anchor | red | “the fundamental boundary between contract law, which is designed to enforce the expectancy interests of the parties, and tort law, which imposes a duty of reasonable care and thereby encourages citizens to avoid causing physical harm to others.” | 14 |
| 2 | Casa Clara Condo. Ass'n v. Charley Toppino and Sons, Inc. | red | “disappointed economic expectations” | 9 |
| 3 | Casa Clara Condo. Ass'n v. Charley Toppino and Sons, Inc. | red | “to determine the character of a loss, one must look to the product purchased by the plaintiff, not the product sold by the defendant.” | 9 |
| 4 | Pulte Home Corp. v. Osmose Wood Preserving, Inc. | green | “disappointed economic expectation” | 8 |
| 5 | Pulte Home Corp. v. Osmose Wood Preserving, Inc. | green | “its defects go beyond disappointed economic expectations, causing harm which justifies access to tort remedies.” | 8 |
| 6 | Fla. Power & Light v. Westinghouse Elec. Corp. | green | “the economic loss rule is a judicially created doctrine that sets forth the circumstances under which a tort action is prohibited if the only damages suffered are economic losses.” | 8 |
| 7 | Tiara Condominium Ass'n v. Marsh & McLennan Companies | green | “we . . . hold that the economic loss rule applies only in the products liability context. we thus recede from our prior rulings to the extent that they have applied the economic loss rule to cases other than products liability.” | 8 |
| 8 | Tiara Condominium Ass'n v. Marsh & McLennan Companies | green | “the economic loss rule applies only in the products liability context.” | 5 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.