Nesler v. Fisher and Co., Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that a purpose to injure or destroy is essential for the tort of interference with a prospective business advantage and is not essential for the tort of interference with a contract
• noting that the focus of improper interference is on the purpose in acting, rather than the fact of the act itself
• requiring a plaintiff to plead that the defendant had improperly interfered with the performance of a contract
• approving Iowa Uniform Jury Instruction 1200.2 on elements of this tort
• tort of interference with prospective contractual or business relationships requires showing that actor’s predominant purpose was to injure or destroy plaintiff’s business
• “In a claim of interference with a prospective business advantage, the ‘purpose on the defendant’s part to financially injure or destroy the plaintiff is essential.’ ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).