Legal Memorandum: Negligent Misrepresentation Claims and Jury's Role

Issue: What law review articles or secondary materials discuss fraud or negligent misrepresentation claims and the jury’s role under Iowa law?

The following law review articles and secondary materials discuss fraud or negligent misrepresentation claims and the jury’s role under Iowa law:

Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 127 S. Ct. 1955, 167 L. Ed. 2d 929 (2007) (cited in Tordes, infra)

Thompson v. Kaczinski, 774 N.W.2d 829 (Iowa 2009) (cited in Sloven, infra). 

1-15 Prof. Ronald Eades, Jury Instruction on Damages in Tort Actions, Ch. 15 (5^th ed.)

Louis Sloven, Who Could Have Seen This Coming?  The Impact of Delegating Foreseeability Analysis to the Finder of Fact in Iowa Negligence Actions, 63 Drake L. Rev. 667 (2^nd Qtr. 2015)

Andrew Todres, 9(b) or Not 9(b)? That Is the Question: How to Plead Negligent Misrepresentation in the Post-Twombly Era, 82 Fordham L. Rev. 1447 (Dec. 2013)

Mark P. Gergen, Negligent Misrepresentation as Contract, 101 Cal. L. Rev. 953 (Aug. 2013)

Alissa J. Strong, "But He Told Me It Was Safe!": The Expanding Tort of Negligent Misrepresentation, 40 U. Mem. L. Rev. 105 (Fall 2009)

Andrew R. Klein, Comparative Fault and Fraud, 48 Ariz. L. Rev. 983 (Winter 2006)

Moin A. Yahya, Can I Sue without Being Injured?: Why the Benefit of the Bargain Theory for Product Liability is Bad Law and Bad Economics, 3 Geo. J.L. & Pub. Pol’y 83 (Winter 2005)

Arthur R. Miller, The Pretrial Rush to Judgment: Are the “Litigation Explosion,” Liability Crisis,” and Efficiency Clichés Eroding our Day in Court and Jury Trial […]