What is the measure of damages for misrepresentation?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Vandyk-Wyndham Place Ltd. v. The Corporation of the Town of Oakville, 2014 ONSC 6132 (CanLII):
The measure of damages in the present circumstances is that which is necessary in monetary terms to put the plaintiff in the same position as it would have been in if the negligent misrepresentation had not been made, not the position it would have been in if the statement had been true: Evenchick v. Ottawa (City), [1998] O.J. No. 2974 at para. 12 (C.A.) per Finlayson J.A.
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