Legal Opinion
Budgetel Inns, Inc. v. Micros Systems, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided June 22, 1998No. 97-C-301PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
ADELMAN, District Judge.
This case involves an important unresolved issue in Wisconsin law: whether the Wisconsin Supreme Court would apply the economic loss doctrine — which bars tort claims arising out of commercial contract disputes — to preclude a claim of fraudulent inducement to enter into a contract.
In this case, Budgetel alleges that it was induced into signing an agreement with defendant Micros System, Inc. only because Micros made certain promises, which it had no intention of performing. Defendants argue that even if plaintiffs allegations of fraud in the…
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