What is the test for making out a cause of action for negligent misstatement?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Corchis v. Essex Condominium Corporation No. 28, 2010 ONCA 787 (CanLII):
To make out a cause of action for negligent misstatement, among other requirements, a claimant must show that it relied, in a reasonable manner, on the negligent misrepresentation of the defendant: see Queen v. Cognos Inc. 1993 CanLII 146 (SCC), [1993] 1 S.C.R. 87, at p. 110.
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