Sentences with phrase «economic torts under»

Not exact matches

The Appellate Court addressed the common comparison between home inspectors and doctors, lawyers, and other licensed professionals this way: «So too, certain professionals, such as doctors, lawyers, and accountants have been found liable under both tort and contract theories for economic losses causes by misrepresentations during contractual relationships.

As previously noted, the conduct that gives rise to a claim for interference with contractual relations or prospective economic advantage may be independently actionable under other tort theories.

The court held that because the plaintiff did not claim economic damage for the loss of the shirt, the breach of warranty claims were based in tort, and were therefore part of the products liability claim under the Indiana Products Liability Act (IPLA).

In private civil actions under the Competition Act, «economic torts» are commonly plead together with allegations of breaches of the Competition Act.

Court held that insurer did not owe a duty to defend, under a commercial general liability policy, where third - party action sought incidental emotional distress damages caused by the insured's noncovered economic or business torts.

The economic loss doctrine bars a plaintiff from recovering certain money damages under a tort theory (e.g. negligence, products liability, property damage, etc.) where a contract defines his relationship with a defendant.

If the appeals in OBG and / or Mainstream had succeeded, then liability in economic tort would thereafter have depended not upon proof of a subjective intention to break contracts but upon some objective standard similar to that applied under the law of negligence.

The loss of a child's service was not a necessary element of the tort, and a parent with legal custody and visitation rights under court order at the time of abduction is not required to plead or prove that he or she has suffered an economic loss due to the abduction and harboring of the child.