Crews v. W.A. Brown & Son, Inc.
North Carolina Court of Appeals
416 S.E.2d 924 (1992)
Relevant factsFree
Crews (plaintiff), an unpaid volunteer at Calvary Baptist Church, suffered severe frostbite requiring toe amputations after becoming trapped in a walk-in freezer whose latch malfunctioned due to alleged improper assembly by Foodcraft; she sued Foodcraft for breach of implied warranty of merchantability, but Foodcraft argued she lacked the contractual privity required to sue, since Calvary, not Crews, was the actual buyer.
IssueFree
Whether, under the Uniform Commercial Code, states can only extend implied warranties of merchantability from the buyer to the buyer's: (1) household guests, (2) family members, and (3) employees.
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