M.H. v. Caritas Family Services

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• holding that plaintiff’s evidence was sufficient to defeat defendant’s summary- judgment motion on plaintiff’s claim of negligent misrepresentation
• concluding that adoption agencies must “use due care to ensure that when they undertake to disclose information about a child’s genetic parents and medical history, they disclose that information fully and adequately ...”
• stating that a representation of past or present fact is required to establish common law fraud
• recognizing “the compelling need of adoptive parents for full disclosure of ... information that may be known to the agency”
• stating that failing to disclose or concealing certain facts may be the basis for a fraud claim
• suggesting that the same “allegations of outrageous and willful misconduct” may support both claims for IIED and punitive damages

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