Court Opinion

ID: 9632042
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 10:59:48.073453+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:08:06.908267
License: Public Domain

BISTLINE, Justice,
specially concurring in the Court’s opinion:
Having concurred in the majority opinion, I write only to inform the trial bench and bar that the Salmon Rivers v. Cessna Aircraft Co. case, which is recognized as having continued but doubtful validity in the opinion for the Court, was specifically overruled in the State v. Mitchell case, also mentioned in our opinion. West Publishing Co. correctly observed this in its syllabus to the Mitchell case, “Privity of contract is not required in a contract action to recover economic loss for breach of implied warranty; overruling Salmon Rivers,” supra, 108 Idaho at 335, 699 P.2d at 1349, 1350. It was only after rehearing in Mitchell that I pointed to (and attached) the district court’s decision based entirely on Salmon Rivers’ non-privity holding, and joined the views of Justices Huntley and Donaldson as to the validity of the Salmon Rivers’ holding. Although West Publishing observed my change of views and vote, Donaldson, J., did not change his concurrence with Justice Bakes’ opinion. Hence, the judgment affirming the district court stood up on rehearing even though Salmon Rivers, the backbone of the district court’s decision granting a summary judgment of dismissal, was overruled. It is a bit of an anomaly.