Court Opinion

ID: 9791773
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 02:17:26.776108+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:37:38.400866
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*53HOWELL, J.,
specially concurring.
I concur that this case should be remanded for a new trial, but I cannot agree with the majority’s statement that the misrepresentation was material, even though it did not relate to the injury for which the claim was made. It is my understanding that the question of the relationship of the misrepresentation to the injury was not raised by the parties. If it were properly before us, I believe that question should be decided on the basis of ordinary contract principles, i.e., that the misrepresentation, in order to be material, should bear some relationship to the injury claimed. In this case, I would have to decide that issue in favor of the plaintiff because I do not feel that there is any causal materiality to a misrepresentation that plaintiff had not suffered intestinal disorders and an injury to her back suffered in a fall.