Is there any case law where a plaintiff is entitled to the same amount of damages as a result of inaccurate or incomplete information provided by a third party?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Roberts v. Karr, 178 Cal.App.2d 535, 3 Cal.Rptr. 98 (Cal. App. 1960):

The plaintiffs also claim that the amount they received for their property was less than its market value and that, in any event, they should be awarded at least the difference between these two amounts. In Gagne v. Bertran, 43 Cal.2d 481, 490, 275 P.2d 15, 22 the defendant undertook to furnish the plaintiff with requested factual data; the data so furnished was erroneous; in reliance thereon plaintiff purchased certain real property allegedly resulting in damages and the court said:

'In reliance on defendant's information plaintiffs purchased the property. If the property was worth less than

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