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No Consumer Fraud Where Deceptive Act Doesn’t Actually Reach Plaintiff: Cabbie’s Crash Damages Case Gutted – IL ND

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. “Economic loss” means (i) damages for inadequate value, (ii) costs of repair and replacement of the defective product, (iii) loss of profits (without …

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Posted byPaulPApril 1, 2015Posted inBusiness TortsTags: consumer fraud, Economic Loss, proximate cause, reliance, sudden or calamitous occurrence
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