Rocca v. Royal Bank of Canada, P.R. Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that “[n]o tort duty [] could arises as a matter of law” because “[t]he [p]laintiffs and Wells Fargo did not enter into any implied or express contract”
• explaining that Jacques “took painstaking care to carve out a narrow exception to the general rule that Maryland does not recognize negligence actions that arise solely out of a contractual relationship”
• “Applying the principles and holding of Jacques, the Court finds the exception articulated to be inapplicable. ... No tort duty, therefore, could arise as a matter of law.”
• “The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has interpreted this exception to apply only to vulnerable parties.”
• “The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has interpreted this exception to apply only to vulnerable parties.”
• plaintiffs and bank did not enter into implied or express contract for processing of loan modification application

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).