Cengage Advantage Books: Business Law 9th Edition by Arnold Goldman ,William Sigismond

Exercise 14

Neff purchased from the Hanna Lumber Company prefabricated wooden trusses, which were manufactured according to preengineered specifications. Although the truss system was represented as structurally sound, it collapsed the day after its installation. The collapse occurred when a weak and defective truss broke, causing the remaining truss system to collapse. An inspection of the system following its delivery to Neff would not have revealed the flaw in design or material that caused the collapse. Neff sued for breach of warranty, asking for damages caused by failure of the truss system. Can Neff recover? (Neff v. Hanna Lumber Company, 579 S.W.2d 95)