Sevin v. Kelshaw

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• pleadings must not only apprise the opposing party of the claim being asserted, but must also summarize the essential facts to support the claim
• a cause of action for fraud must aver that the defendant intended to induce the plaintiff to act
• mere silence is not sufficient to prove fraud absent a duty to speak
• “Mere silence in the absence of a duty to speak ... cannot suffice to prove fraudulent concealment.”
• “[A]ctive concealment of defects known to be material to the purchaser is legally equivalent to an affirmative misrepresentation.”
• “Allegations of fraud require pleading with particularity.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).