Jourdain v. Dineen

How courts have described this case

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• holding that pecuniary damages are essential to a fraudulent misrepresentation cause of action
• holding that pecuniary damages are essential to a fraudulent misrepresentation cause of action
• holding that pecuniary damages are essential to a fraudulent misrepresentation cause of action
• “uncollectibility of a judgment should be treated as a matter constituting an avoidance or mitigation of the consequences of one’s negligent act”
• the plaintiffs sued their attorney for lying about filing their personal injury action within the statute of limitations, thereby causing them emotional distress
• even assuming negligent representation, client must prove he could have been successful in underlying action

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).