What are the principles applicable to the tort of negligent misrepresentation?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Healy v. Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited, 2012 ONSC 77 (CanLII):
After finding the defendant liable for breach of warranty, Watt J. turned to the tort of negligent misrepresentation, and stated at p. 545: “The authority of Esso Petroleum v. Mardon, supra, extends equally to the statement of the principles applicable to the tort of negligent misrepresentation”.
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