Hoffman v. Vaughn

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that “extreme and outrageous conduct must be clearly alleged . . . for the complaint to survive a motion to dismiss.” (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)
• noting that negligent misrepresentation is subject to Rule 9(b)’s heightened pleading standard
• to plead the requisite “duty arising out of a special relationship[,]” a plaintiff must “establish something beyond an ordinary arm’s length transaction”
• no duty to disclose where plaintiff failed to allege that defendants’ superior knowledge was unavailable upon reasonable inquiry
• “When a claim is brought against multiple defendants, Rule 9(b) requires that a plaintiff differentiate his allegations as to each defendant and inform each defendant separately of the specific allegations.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).