One of the ways this blog helps me is as a research note. When I find a statement of an issue of law, I’ll post it here so I’ll know where to find it later. Good for me, sort of boring for you.
In the case of First Tennessee Bank, N.A. v. Shelby Village Mobile Home Park, LLC, et. al., the Tennessee Court of Appeals outlined the elements of the Tennessee tort negligent misrepresentation. Here’s what the Court said:
“A party pursuing a claim of negligent misrepresentation “must prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant supplied the information to the plaintiff; the information was false; the defendant did not exercise reasonable care in obtaining or communicating the information; and the plaintiff justifiably relied on the information.” Hill v. John Banks Buick, Inc., 875 S.W.2d 667, 670 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1993) (citations omitted). The tort of negligent misrepresentation is most often recognized “in connection with business or professional persons who carelessly or negligently supply false information for the guidance of others in their business transactions.” Houghland v. Sec. Alarms & Servs., Inc., 755 S.W.2d 769, 774 (Tenn. 1988). Our Supreme Court has recognized, however, that, “[t]his theory of law . . . does not convert every breached promise or contractual undertaking into a basis for the rescission of otherwise valid contracts and the abrogation of their terms.” Id.”
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