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· 7/31/1975

Grefe v. Ross

Citations

  • 231 N.W.2d 863
  • 1975 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1170

How courts have described this case

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  • regarding intent to deceive in the context of an action for fraud
  • corporate officers are individually liable for torts that they commit while acting within as well as outside the scope of their employment
  • corporate officers are individually liable for torts that they commit, whether they are acting within or outside the scope of their employment
  • party claiming fraud must establish representation, falsity, materiality, scienter, intent to deceive, reliance, and resulting injury and damage by preponderance of clear, satisfactory, and convincing evidence
  • party claiming fraud must establish representation, falsity, materiality, scienter, intent to deceive, reliance, and resulting injury and damage by preponderance of clear, satisfactory, and convincing evidence
  • “A false statement innocently but mistakenly made will not establish intent to defraud, but, when recklessly asserted, it will imply an intent to defraud.”

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Judges: Moore, Rawl-Ings, Legrand, Reynoldson, McCormick

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