13-1632. Negligent misrepresentations.
A party is liable for damages caused by his negligent and material misrepresentation.
A material misrepresentation is an untrue statement which a party intends the other party to rely on and upon which the other party did in fact rely.
A negligent misrepresentation is one where the speaker has no reasonable ground for believing that the statement made was true.
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This instruction is to be used in those cases where the misrepresentation is not fraudulent in character. See UJI 13-1633 for fraudulent misrepresentation.
[As amended, effective March 1, 2005.]
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