What are the factors used to determine negligent misrepresentation?

There are five factors for negligent misrepresentation: 1. There must be a duty of care based on a special relationship between the representor and the representee; 2. The representation must be untrue, inaccurate or misleading; 3. The representor must have acted negligently in making the misrepresentation; 4. The representee must have relied, in a reasonable manner, on the negligent misrepresentation; and 5. The reliance must have been detrimental to the representee in the sense that damages resulted. (Queen v. Cognos Inc., 1993 CanLII 146 (SCC), [1993] 1 S.C.R. 87)

In Parsons v. Ploen, 2009 ABPC 3 (CanLII), the court found that the defendant made inaccurate and misleading representations about the vehicle being a great car in good condition. The car could not pass inspection without major repairs and upgrades more than double the cost of the vehicle itself. There, the plaintiff relied on the representations to her detriment (she relied on the statements in deciding to buy it and she lost her purchase monies and no longer had a vehicle in a condition to be driven at all.)