ELEC. SEC. SYSTEMS v. Southern Bell

How courts have described this case

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• finding that defendant’s alleged duty to insert advertisement into local newspaper was not independent of contract with plaintiff
• affirming trial court’s dismissal of a plaintiff's intentional tort claims because claims were based solely on a breach of a contract governing parties’ relationship
• “It is only when the breach of contract is attended by some additional conduct which amounts to an independent tort that such breach can constitute [an actionable claim in tort].”
• “[A] breach of contract, alone, cannot constitute a cause of action in tort.... It is only when the breach of contract is attend ed by some additional conduct which amounts to an independent tort that such breach can constitute negligence.” (citations omitted)
• “[A] breach of contract, alone, cannot constitute a cause of action in tort.... It is only when the breach of contract is attended by some additional conduct which amounts to an independent tort that such breach can constitute negligence.”
• “[A] breach of contract, alone, cannot constitute a cause of action in tort---- It is only when the breach of contract is attended by some additional conduct which amounts to an independent tort that such breach can constitute negligence.” (citations omitted)

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