Weisman v. Connors

MURPHY, Chief Judge.

This case primarily concerns the tort of negligent misrepresentation alleged to have arisen from the factual matrix of an arm’s length negotiation of an employment contract.

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In early April 1981 Arthur Connors and Frederick Weisman, who were previously unknown to each other, met for breakfast at Weisman's townhouse in New York City. Connors at that time was a fifty-six year old vice president of Ford Motor Company, one of about forty vice presidents in Ford’s worldwide operations. A veteran of thirty-two years of service with Ford, he directed a staff of sixty and drew an…