Black, Jackson & Simmons Insurance Brokerage, Inc. v. International Business MacHines Corp.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• dismissing claim where plaintiffs bought computer from defendant who could not then also be a third party
• “Neither of the defendants in the case at bar was in the business of supplying information”
• third-party requirement not met when seller provided plaintiffs with information that guided them in their purchase of seller’s computer
• sellers of computer equipment not liable for negligent misrepresentation about that equipment because they were not in the business of supplying information
• sellers of computer and software were not in the business of supplying information
• underlined emphases in original, bold emphasis added, and some citations omitted

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).