Ward Development Co. v. Ingrao

How courts have described this case

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• holding housing developer liable for negligent misrepresentation for grossly inaccurate estimate of water and sewer connection charges given to prospective homeowners who had no means of checking accuracy
• stating that “in Maryland, the right of contribution and indemnification accrues at the time a party ‘suffers or pays a judgment or settles with the plaintiff’”
• listing the elements of negligent misrepresentation including that plaintiff justifiably takes action in reliance on statement by defen- dant
• negligent misrepresentations by real estate developer and several realtors to property owners in connection with the development and sale of property
• “We perceive no reason why th[e] flexible approach should not be applied to cases of negligent as well as fraudulent misrepresentation”
• \We perceive no reason why th[e] flexible approach should not be applied to cases of negligent as well as fraudulent misrepresentation\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).