The following excerpt is from Great Am. Ins. Co. v. Vasquez Marshall Architects, Case No.: 19-CV-1173-CAB-AHG (S.D. Cal. 2019):
have acted as he did if he had known of the concealed or suppressed fact, and (5) as a result of the concealment or suppression of the fact, the plaintiff must have sustained damage." Blickman Turkus LP v. MF Downtown Sunnyvale, 162 Cal.App.4th 858, 868 (2008) (internal quotations, citations, and alterations omitted). "It is not enough that the misstatement (or concealment) actually harmed the plaintiff; it must have been made by the defendant with the intent to induce action (or inaction) by the plaintiff." Id. at 869.
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