Conroy v. Regents of University of California

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that to establish negligence under California state law, plaintiff must prove duty, breach, causation, and damages
• holding University owed no duty to family members of a decedent who donated his remains to dispose of the remains in a particular manner
• stating that the “elements of fraud ... are (1) a misrepresentation, (2) with knowledge of its falsity, (3) with the intent to induce another’s reliance on the misrepresentation, (4) justifiable reliahee, and (5) resulting damage”
• noting that one of the elements of fraud is justifiable reliance
• “Actual 19 reliance occurs when a misrepresentation is an immediate cause of a plaintiff’s conduct, which alters 20 his legal relations.” (internal quotation marks, citation, and alteration omitted
• “The elements of fraud, which give rise to the tort action for deceit, are (1) a misrepresentation, (2) with knowledge of its falsity, (3) with the intent to induce another’s reliance on the misrepresentation, (4) justifiable reliance, and (5) resulting damage.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).