Gagne v. Bertran

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “negligent misrepresentation a form of deceit” and disapproving cases holding that “scienter is an essential element”
• stating that “the representation need not be made with knowledge of actual falsity, but need only be an assertion, as a fact, of that which is not true, by one who has no reasonable ground for believing it to be true ....”
• a professional engineer is usually not liable in the absence of negligence or intentional misconduct

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

180 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc.
  California Supreme Court· 1963-01-24· cited 1,019×
• Kwikset Corp. v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 2011-01-27· cited 891×
• Alliance Mortgage Co. v. Rothwell
  California Supreme Court· 1995-08-28· cited 407×
• Bily v. Arthur Young & Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1992-08-27· cited 384×
• Small v. Fritz Companies, Inc.
  California Supreme Court· 2003-04-07· cited 297×
• Gray v. Don Miller & Associates, Inc.
  California Supreme Court· 1984-01-30· cited 176×
• Metropolitan Gas Repair Service, Inc. v. Kulik
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1980-12-08· cited 157×
• Newmark v. Gimbel's Incorporated
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1969-11-17· cited 145×
• Schroeder v. Auto Driveaway Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1974-07-03· cited 144×
• Custodio v. Bauer
  California Court of Appeal· 1967-05-24· cited 139×
• Aced v. Hobbs-Sesack Plumbing Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1961-04-06· cited 133×
• OCM Principal Opportunities Fund, L.P. v. CIBC World Markets Corp.
  California Court of Appeal· 2007-12-05· cited 130×
• Chapman v. Skype, Inc.
  California Court of Appeal· 2013-10-04· cited 129×
• Carmichael v. Reitz
  California Court of Appeal· 1971-05-27· cited 127×
• Jimenez v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 2002-12-04· cited 127×
• Roberts v. Ball, Hunt, Hart, Brown & Baerwitz
  California Court of Appeal· 1976-04-06· cited 120×
• Union Oil Company v. James J. Oppen and John J. Masterson
  Ninth Circuit· 1974-06-07· cited 116×
• Beckwith v. Dahl
  California Court of Appeal· 2012-05-03· cited 101×
• Bethlahmy v. Bechtel
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1966-06-14· cited 98×
• Benson v. Tennessee Valley Electric Cooperative
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1993-04-30· cited 97×

Cites

45 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Hobart v. Hobart Estate Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1945-05-29· cited 327×
• Burr v. Sherwin Williams Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1954-04-16· cited 257×
• Commercial Molasses Corp. v. New York Tank Barge Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1941-11-17· cited 233×
• Seeger v. Odell
  California Supreme Court· 1941-08-12· cited 216×
• Bagdasarian v. Gragnon
  California Supreme Court· 1948-04-30· cited 180×
• Sime v. Malouf
  California Court of Appeal· 1949-12-14· cited 100×
• Chelini v. Nieri
  California Supreme Court· 1948-08-30· cited 89×
• Haigler v. Donnelly
  California Supreme Court· 1941-10-01· cited 81×
• Gonsalves v. Hodgson
  California Supreme Court· 1951-11-27· cited 70×
• Lehigh Zinc and Iron Company v. Bamford
  Supreme Court· 1893-12-18· cited 65×
• Bomberger v. McKelvey
  California Supreme Court· 1950-07-31· cited 50×
• Skillings v. Allen
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1919-07-18· cited 47×
• Sim v. Weeks
  California Court of Appeal· 1935-05-16· cited 43×
• Trust Co. v. Fletcher
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1929-06-13· cited 38×
• Page v. Wells
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1877-10-23· cited 36×
• Union FM v. Southern Cal. FM
  California Supreme Court· 1938-02-16· cited 33×
• Harris v. Delco Products, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1940-02-28· cited 33×
• Blackman v. Howes
  California Court of Appeal· 1947-11-05· cited 31×
• Edwards v. Lamb
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1899-06-05· cited 30×
• New England Foundation Co. v. Elliott & Watrous, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1940-06-03· cited 30×