Pearson v. Simmonds Precision Products, Inc.

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• denying plaintiff recovery for emotional distress damages for employer’s negligent misrepresentation and negligent failure to disclose because only damages for pecuniary injuries are available for those torts
• denying emotional distress damages for employer’s negligent misrepresentation and negligent failure to disclose because damages for only pecuniary injuries are available for those torts
• a jury was entitled to find an employer liable for negligent misrepresentations about the terms of employment, despite contractual disclaimers in a written employment contract
• under theory of negligent misrepresentation, “the damages recoverable are those necessary to compensate the plaintiff for the pecuniary loss suffered, and not emotional distress.''
• plaintiff not entitled to recover damages for mental and emotional distress in negligent misrepresentation case because § 552 of Restatement limits recovery to pecuniary damages

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).