Chapter 34 - § 34.5 • NEGLIGENT AND FRAUDULENT MISREPRESENTATION

• Jurisdiction: Colorado

§ 34.5 • NEGLIGENT AND FRAUDULENT MISREPRESENTATION

In theory, a plaintiff could bring a claim for negligent³⁵ or fraudulent³⁶ misrepresentation in the products liability context.³⁷ However, such claims would require the plaintiff to meet a higher burden of proof, and he or she would not recover any more in damages than under a strict liability misrepresentation claim. For more information about negligent and fraudulent misrepresentation generally, see Chapters 20 and 30.

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^[35] Restatement (Second) of Torts § 552; Boyd v. A.O. Smith Harvestore Prods., Inc., 776 P.2d 1125, 1127 (Colo. App. 1989).

^[36] Restatement (Second) of Torts § 525; Williams v. Boyle, 72 P.3d 392, 399 (Colo. App. 2003); Hawkinson v. A.H. Robins Co., Inc., 595 F. Supp. 1290, 1312 (D. Colo. 1984).

^[37] Restatement (Third) of Torts § 9.