California Legal Brief

The Rule of Phillips v. Volvo Penta of the Americas, LLC is that under the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act, a component manufacturer's duty to replace goods or reimburse the buyer is limited to the goods the manufacturer itself sold and warranted, not to the entire consumer product incorporating the component, under circumstances where the component manufacturer issued an express warranty only for its component part.

The Rule of Jogani v. Jogani is that an expert's undisclosed opinion regarding lost profits cannot be admitted at trial without prior disclosure, under circumstances where the opinion concerns a specific damages calculation ($1.98 billion in alleged lost investment profits) that was never disclosed in discovery.