Beaux v. Jacob

How courts have described this case

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• \Whether particular conduct is negligent is a question of fact.\
• “Equity jurisprudence is not bound by strict rules of law, but can mold its decree ‘to do justice[.]’” (quoting Bank of Hawaii v. Davis Radio Sales & Serv., Inc., 6 Haw. App. 469, 481, 727 P.2d 419, 427 (1986))
• “In negligent nondisclosure cases, an appropriate measure of damages is the ‘cost of putting the property in the condition that would bring it into conformity with the value of the property as it was represented.’” (quoting Carpenter v. Donohoe, 388 P.2d 399, 401 (Colo. 1964))
• \The general principle underlying the assessment of compensatory damages in tort cases is that 'an injured person is entitled to be replaced as nearly as possible in the position he [or she] would have occupied had it not been for the defendant's tort.' \ (alteration in original

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