· 8/13/1979
J'Aire Corp. v. Gregory
Citations
- 598 P.2d 60
- 24 Cal. 3d 799
- 157 Cal. Rptr. 407
- 1979 Cal. LEXIS 285
How courts have described this case
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- allowing a claim for the negligent interference with prospective economic advantage despite the existence of solely economic losses brought by a lessee against a contractor only in privity with building’s owner
- finding a “special relationship” to allow recovery of lost business and lost profits arising out of negligent performance of renovation services by a defendant not in privity with the plaintiff
- contractor can be liable to third party beneficiary of contract for damage to prospective economic advantage
- “[T]he court looks at six factors to determine the existence of a special relationship: (1) the extent to which the transaction was intended to affect the plaintiff; (2) the foreseeability of harm to the plaintiff; (3
- increasing tolerance of lost profit claims
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Judges: Bird
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