· 10/6/1994
John E. Trytko, Jr. v. Hubbell, Inc., Cross-Appellee
Citations
- 28 F.3d 715
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- noting that Indiana courts “recognized the tort of negligent misrepresentation in the limited context of an employer-employee relationship.”
- noting court must look to cases from other jurisdictions, treatises, and restatements to ascer- tain Indiana law in absence of guidance from Indiana courts
- reducing compensatory damages award to conform to “the pecuniary loss suffered” and thereby avoid windfall to plaintiff
- observing “Indiana courts have declined to extend [negligent misrepresentation] beyond the employment context”
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Judges: Coffey, Flaum, Moran
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