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· 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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