· 11/16/1999
Coram Healthcare Corp. v. Aetna U.S. Healthcare Inc.
Citations
- 94 F. Supp. 2d 589
- 1999 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18527
- 1999 WL 1702848
How courts have described this case
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- holding that a fraudulent inducement claim was not covered by a contract’s choice-of-law clause
- explaining that, under Pennsylvania law, recission is not available as a remedy when sought based on fraudulent inducement, a claim barred by the Pennsylvania parol evidence rule
- applying Pennsylvania parol evidence rale to bar a Pennsylvania-law fraudulent inducement claim, even though Delaware law governed the contract
- “The difference between fraud and negligent misrepresentation, namely a state of mind requirement for the fraud claim, does not affect the rationale behind Pennsylvania's parol evidence rule.”
- parol evidence admissible in Delaware fraud in the inducement claims but not in Pennsylvania
- “[u]n-like a claim of breach of contract seeking money damages ... ”
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