Bittel v. Farm Credit Svcs. of Central Kansas, PCA

How courts have described this case

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• determining that “when the same conduct could satisfy the elements of both a breach of contract or of an independent tort, unless the conduct is permitted by the express provisions of a contract, a plaintiff may pursue both remedies”
• statement that bank would continue financing constituted statement of future intent and could not support action for negligent misrepresentation
• requiring independent tort for a plaintiff to pursue both remedies
• only misrepresentations of pre-existing or present facts constitute negligent misrepresentation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).