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· 7/5/1996

Roy R. Damon and Eleanor M. Damon v. Sun Company, Inc., Roy R. Damon and Eleanor M. Damon v. Sun Company, Inc.

Citations

  • 87 F.3d 1467
  • 26 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 21517
  • 43 ERC (BNA) 1009
  • 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 16045
  • 1996 WL 362661

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  • holding that a false representation occurred where defendant told a potential property buyer that the property was in good condition and omitted the fact that there had been a 2,000 gallon oil spill on the property approximately five years earlier
  • “Massachusetts case law unequivocally rejects assertion of an ‘as is’ clause as an automatic defense against allegations of fraud.”
  • \Only reliance on 'preposterous or palpably false' representations vitiates a misrepresentation claim.\ (citation omitted)
  • \Only reliance on 'preposterous or palpably false' representations vitiates a misrepresentation claim.\ (citation omitted)

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Judges: Torruella, Aldrich, Selya

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