Village of Cross Keys, Inc. v. United States Gypsum Co.

How courts have described this case

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• stating that the claimed duty “generates the specter of ‘liability in an indeterminate amount for an indeterminate time to an indeterminate class,’ a liability that ... continues to concern courts today”
• noting that liability for negligent misrepresentation is more limited than that for fraudulent misrepresentation, and liability in a negligent misrepresentation claim for economic loss is more restrictive than the liability in a case where physical injury has resulted
• stating that the claim of a tort duty “generates the specter of ‘liability in an indeterminate amount for an indeterminate time to an indeterminate class,’ a liability that concerned Justice Cardozo in Ultramares Corporation v. Touche, 255 N.Y. 170, 174 N.E. 441, 444 (1931
• applying the rationale of Whiting-Turner to a claim for negligent misrepresentation involving a serious risk of physical harm

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