Dinsdale Construction, LLC v. Lumber Specialties, Ltd.

CADY, Chief Justice.

In this case, we must decide if an employee of a business that sells building materials and services who supplied false information to a builder about the structural integrity of a building under construction had a duty to use reasonable care in supplying the information when it was done as a courtesy to the builder and for the general goodwill of the business. Following a jury- trial on claims for negligent misrepresentation and breach of contract, the jury returned a verdict against the business on the negligent misrepresentation claim and the district court denied a…