Landale Signs & Neon, Ltd. v. Runnion Equipment Co.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

John Robert Blakey, United States District Judge

Plaintiff Landale Signs and Neon, Ltd. (“Plaintiff’) contracted to purchase a truck-mounted .crane from Defendant Runnion Equipment Company (“Defendant” or “Runnion”). During the pendency of that sale, an unknown third party (Defendant John Doe) intercepted information related to the ¡transaction, utilized that information to pose as Runnion, and convinced Plaintiff to wire the vehicle’s purchase, price to him. Plaintiff has, at various points, alleged that Runnion is liable under theories of negligence, negligent…