Industrial General Corp. v. Sequoia Pacific Systems Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• a plaintiff alone, by reposing trust and confidence in another, cannot transform a business relationship into one of a fiduciary nature
• “the plaintiff alone, by reposing trust and confidence in the defendant, cannot thereby transform a business relationship into one which is fiduciary in nature”
• existence and scope of agency relationship determined based on the facts and circumstances relevant to the alleged relationship
• there is no general duty of disclosure under § 11, and any duty of disclosure under that provision would be limited to instances where the defendant is a fiduciary
• “courts have repeatedly cautioned that the plaintiff alone, by reposing trust and confidence in the defendant, cannot thereby transform a business relationship into one which is fiduciary in nature.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).