1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to civil actions; clarifying effect of the 
  1.3             economic loss statute on actions based upon fraud or 
  1.4             misrepresentation; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, 
  1.5             section 604.10. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 604.10, is 
  1.8   amended to read: 
  1.9      604.10 [ECONOMIC LOSS ARISING FROM THE SALE OF GOODS.] 
  1.10     (a) Economic loss that arises from a sale of goods that is 
  1.11  due to damage to tangible property other than the goods sold may 
  1.12  be recovered in tort as well as in contract, but economic loss 
  1.13  that arises from a sale of goods between parties who are each 
  1.14  merchants in goods of the kind is not recoverable in tort. 
  1.15     (b) Economic loss that arises from a sale of goods, between 
  1.16  merchants, that is not due to damage to tangible property other 
  1.17  than the goods sold may not be recovered in tort. 
  1.18     (c) The economic loss recoverable in tort under this 
  1.19  section does not include economic loss due to damage to the 
  1.20  goods themselves. 
  1.21     (d) The economic loss recoverable in tort under this 
  1.22  section does not include economic loss incurred by a 
  1.23  manufacturer of goods arising from damage to the manufactured 
  1.24  goods and caused by a component of the goods. 
  1.25     (e) This section shall not be interpreted to bar tort 
  2.1   causes of action based upon fraud or fraudulent or intentional 
  2.2   misrepresentation. 
  2.3      Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.4      Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment 
  2.5   and applies to actions pending on or commenced on or after that 
  2.6   date.