Craig v. Everett M. Brooks Co.

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• alleged negligence in making plans of a real estate development analyzed as case of negligent representations
• recovery permitted because “the identity of the only possible plaintiff and the extent of his reliance were known to the defendant.”
• when defendant civil engineering firm submitted erroneous plans, and negligently placed surveying stakes it was making actionable representations
• foreseeable reliance where the defendant knew the identity of the plaintiff that would rely on its services
• plaintiff contractor could recover in tort for negligence of defendant engineer even though defendant made no direct promise to plaintiff
• The negligent placing of stakes by a civil engineer for the purpose of marking a proposed road could be the basis for a cause of action by the contractor who was to construct the road

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).