What is Negligent Misrepresentation?
Where a person does not lie directly (saying something knowing it to be untrue), but has made a statement about a subject with carelessness and no reason to believe it to be fact, which results in harm to the plaintiff, this may be the tort of negligent misrepresentation.
Further Reading
For more detailed information, see our related Torts terms:
Pass the Bar, Guaranteed
BarPrepHero Premium offers the most complete collection of real bar exam questions licensed directly from NCBE (the organization that writes the exam).