absence of ... (3) a “special relationship” existing between the parties ... recovery of purely economic loss is foreclosed.”).) He asserts he has such a special relationship with Maserati because Maserati had “reason to know or expect the particular purposes for which the vehicle was purchased by Plaintiffs [sic] (i.e., transportation of Plaintiff and his family).” (Dkt. 22 at 15.) Plaintiff misunderstands the special relationship exception to the economic loss doctrine. The underlying purpose of the special relationship exception is to define particular “circumstances in which a party has a duty of care to avoid imposing economic losses on third parties.” Mega RV Corp. v. HWH Corp., 225 Cal.App.4th 1318, 1340, 170 Cal.Rptr.3d 861 (2014), as modified on denial of reh’g (May 20, 2014) (<HOLDING>); see also J’Aire Corp. v. Gregory, 24 Cal.3d
holding owner of limited liability company may be personally liable to third party if owner acts as agent for company and fails to disclose existence and identity of principal holding there is no continuing duty to repair or recall holding owner of company qualified as an employer due to inter alia his authority to hire and fire employees and overall financial control of company holding that a manufacturer is under a duty to instruct a distributor holding that rv repair company which repaired rv for owner did not have a duty to manufacturer of hydraulic components