Harper v. Ethridge

How courts have described this case

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• holding that, under South Carolina law, plaintiff can plead in the alternative but cannot receive a double recovery
• holding that “[i]n many instances,... the case can go to the jury on all causes of action supported by the evidence at trial, with election required after verdict but before judgment is entered.”
• the fraudulent act is any act characterized by dishonesty in fact, unfair dealing, or the unlawful appropriation of another’s property by design
• action for breach of contract accompanied by fraudulent act is not based on the same elements as the action in tort for fraud and deceit
• the fraudulent act is any act characterized by dishonesty in fact or unfair dealing
• punitive damages are available for ‘‘breach of contract accompanied by a fraudulent act,’’ which is cause of action that does not require plaintiff ‘‘to allege the elements of [common-law] fraud and deceit’’

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).