Exam 22: Misrepresentation, Tortious Interference, and Other Torts

It is not an interference with prospective advantage for the defendant to use fair competitive tactics against the business of the plaintiff.

Why is puffing not a basis for the tort of misrepresentation?

Mary works for Sam as an accountant. She is an employee at will. One day she calls the hotline of the Internal Revenue Service to tell the IRS that Sam often pays some of his workers in cash so that he does not have to withhold taxes. When Sam finds out, he fires Mary________.

A fiduciary relationship exists when one of the parties owes the other loyalty, candor, and fair treatment.

It is a tort to interfere with contract relations by intentionally inducing another to breach a contract or to make it impossible or more difficult to perform.

When is reliance justifiable?

An opinion is a statement of fact that can be objectively verified as true or false.

In disparagement, distinguish between slander of title and trade libel.