· 12/13/1996
Binette v. Dyer Library Ass'n
Citations
- 688 A.2d 898
- 1996 Me. LEXIS 246
How courts have described this case
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- holding that silence constitutes supplying false information when silence is a breach of statutory duty
- holding that a 19 fact finder may consider the failure to disclose certain information in violation of a safety statute as evidence of negligent misrepresentation
- holding that omission by silence may constitute the supplying of false information for purposes of fraudulent misrepresentation
- explaining that transactions made “on a private, nonprofessional basis” are outside the scope of the UTPA
- finding that the UTPA did not apply to non-profit library association's sale of a Deering property
- holding failure to disclose may constitute supplying false information to support negligent misrepresentation claim where such failure breaches a statutory duty
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Judges: Wathen, Roberts, Glassman, Rudman, Lipez
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