Ruffalo v. CUC International, Inc.

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• stating that a claim for negligent misrepresentation requires that the information have been false at the time it was given, not simply that the decision maker changed his mind
• “A party need not stake all his future hopes on a promise to show reliance, merely that he incurred some sort of detriment in belief that the promise was true.”
• “[A]n innocent misrepresentation of fact may be actionable if the declarant has the means of knowing, ought to know, or has the duty of knowing the truth.” (internal quotation marks omitted)

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