What are the causes of action for fraudulent concealment?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Dudney v. Carls, A153904 (Cal. App. 2019):

The third and last cause of action is for fraudulent concealment. Fraudulent concealment requires " '(1) concealment or suppression of a material fact; (2) by a defendant with a duty to disclose the fact to the plaintiff; (3) the defendant intended to defraud the plaintiff by intentionally concealing or suppressing the fact; (4) the plaintiff was unaware of the fact and would not have acted as he or she did if he or she had known of the concealed or suppressed fact; and (5) plaintiff sustained damage as a result of the concealment or suppression of the fact.' " (Hambrick v. Healthcare Partners Medical

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Group, Inc. (2015) 238 Cal.App.4th 124, 162.) Jason and Stacy focus largely on allegations related to this claim.

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