Jourdain v. Dineen

How courts have described this case

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

• 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).

Cited by

61 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Kilduff v. Adams, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1991-06-18· cited 204×
• Kituskie v. Corbman
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-08-07· cited 153×
• Veilleux v. National Broadcasting Co.
  First Circuit· 2000-03-06· cited 98×
• Loretta Klump v. J. David Duffus, Jr., Law Offices of Dixon, Duffus & Doub, a Partnership, and Accident and Injury Referral Service
  Seventh Circuit· 1996-01-12· cited 90×
• Barnes v. Zappia
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1995-05-26· cited 79×
• Power Constructors, Inc. v. Taylor & Hintze
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1998-06-19· cited 74×
• Thurston v. Continental Casualty Co.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1989-12-26· cited 63×
• Visvardis v. Eric P. Ferleger, P.C.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2007-07-27· cited 54×
• NEUROSURGERY AND SPINE SURGERY v. Goldman
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2003-05-29· cited 53×
• St. Francis De Sales Federal Credit Union v. Sun Insurance Co. of New York
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2003-04-02· cited 45×
• Carbone v. Tierney
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2004-12-10· cited 45×
• Kituskie v. Corbman
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-08-29· cited 42×
• Clary v. Lite MacHines Corp.
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2006-07-11· cited 40×
• Lindenman v. Kreitzer
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2004-04-06· cited 35×
• Osbourne v. Capital City Mortgage Corp.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1995-11-13· cited 34×
• Lavigne v. CHASE, HASKELL, HAYES
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2002-07-23· cited 34×
• Lavigne v. Chase, Haskell, Hayes & Kalamon, P.S.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2002-07-23· cited 33×
• McAlister v. Slosberg
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1995-05-23· cited 31×
• Schmidt v. Coogan
  Washington Supreme Court· 2014-10-09· cited 30×
• Boivin v. Jones & Vining, Inc.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1990-08-06· cited 27×

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Letellier v. Small
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1979-04-19· cited 81×
• Hoppe v. Ranzini
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1978-03-15· cited 58×
• McDow v. Dixon
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1976-04-06· cited 43×
• Wildes v. Pens Unlimited Co.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1978-08-03· cited 38×
• Sohn v. Bernstein
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1971-07-02· cited 30×
• Taylor Oil Co. v. Weisensee
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1983-05-18· cited 28×
• DONNA C. v. Kalamaras
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1984-12-05· cited 18×
• Schneider v. Richardson
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1979-12-31· cited 14×
• McKinnon v. Tibbetts
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1982-02-03· cited 11×
• Blackman v. Jackson
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1983-04-26· cited 6×