What is the appropriate way to plead negligent misrepresentation?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from CIT Financial Ltd. v. Sharpless, 2006 CanLII 18190 (ON SC):

In Lysko v. Braley, [6] Low J sets out a helpful summary of the appropriate way to plead negligent misrepresentation in light of the test set out above. At paragraph 44 of her reasons, she says: To plead a claim of negligent misrepresentation, the plaintiff must set out with sufficient particularity the alleged misrepresentation, who made it, to whom it was made, the occasion and manner in which it was made, the falsity of the representation, the inducement, the intention on the part of the representor that the representee rely on the representation, alteration by the representee of his position in reliance on the representation, and the resulting damage. [references omitted]

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