Court Opinion

ID: 9582819
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 22:31:39.83491+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:38:33.862408
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CARDINE, Justice,
dissenting.
Each case of this kind presents a new and different problem that adds confusion to what ought to be simple. See Schneider Nat’l, Inc. v. Holland Hitch Co., 843 P.2d 561 No. 91-44 (Wyo., Dec. 9, 1992) (Car-dine, J., dissenting). This case creates an injustice by requiring a party to pay 100 percent of a loss of which he caused only 35 percent. I would hold that when negligence is asserted and, as in this case, is an element of a claim, the case sounds in negligence, and negligence law and principles apply. Should the injured party sue only upon the contract, negligence principles would not apply. This would leave intact a pure contract action and result in a more reasonable approach to justice between the parties. See also Phillips v. Duro-Last Roofing, Inc., 806 P.2d 834, 838 (Wyo.1991) (Cardine, J., dissenting).