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Contract Law: Fraudulent Inducement

Sometimes companies (or individuals) enter into contracts with other parties for goods or services (or the purchase of businesses), and you come to find out the other party lied to you to "lure" you into entering the contract. One of the options for getting out of the contract (called "rescission") is to bring an action for "fraudulent inducement"--you were fraudulently induced into entering the contract. To prevail on a fraudulent inducement claim you have to be able to show:  (1) the other party knowingly made a misrepresentation of material fact to you; (2) with the intent to deceive you and induce you to act on his misrepresentation; (3) you reasonably relied on his (mis)representation; and (4) as a result of your reliance, you suffered damage.  The misrepresentation can be one of "commission" (the other party affirmatively misrepresented a material fact) or one of "omission" (the other party intentionally failed to tell you ...