Courts Find Negligent Misrepresentation Only When the Party Making the False

question 77

Multiple Choice

Courts find negligent misrepresentation only when the party making the false statement ________.

• A)should have known the truth using the skills and competence required of a person in his position or profession.
• B)should have known the truth.
• C)should have known the truth using the skills and competence required of regular person.
• D)verified the truth and negligently continued with the false statement.
• E)should have known he or she was committing negligent.

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