Braden Blumenstiel Legal Advocates Group, LLC
Fraud and Misrepresentation
Representing businesses seeking recovery for financial losses caused by deceptive practices and misleading information.
Businesses often make important decisions based on information supplied by a seller, partner, lender, professional, employee, or other business counterparty. When that information is deliberately false, misleading through omission, or supplied without reasonable care, the resulting losses can affect cash flow, operations, and long-term value.
We represent businesses in evaluating actual fraud, constructive fraud, and negligent misrepresentation claims. Our work focuses on what was said or withheld, why it mattered, how the business relied on it, and the financial harm that followed.
Actual fraud
Actual fraud may involve a material false representation or omission made with knowledge of its falsity, or with the intent to mislead, followed by reasonable reliance and damages. Emails, financial records, due-diligence materials, meeting notes, and the timing of the transaction can help show what the other party knew and intended.
Constructive fraud
Constructive fraud does not always require proof of an intent to deceive. It can arise when a person in a position of trust or a relationship carrying a duty provides misleading information or takes unfair advantage, and the business relies on that conduct to its detriment. The nature of the relationship and the duty owed are important parts of the analysis.
Negligent misrepresentation
A negligent misrepresentation claim may apply when information is supplied for the guidance of a business transaction without reasonable care in obtaining or communicating it. We examine who supplied the information, the purpose for which it was provided, whether reliance was foreseeable, and how the business used it.
Tracing financial losses
The value of a claim depends on connecting the deceptive conduct to identifiable harm. Potential losses may include overpayment, lost revenue, corrective expenses, diminished business value, and other damages supported by the records. A careful review of contracts, transaction documents, accounting data, and communications helps determine what recovery may be available.
Fraud and misrepresentation FAQs
Our Fraud and Misrepresentation FAQ explains Ohio elements, inducement, evidence, damages, defenses, and the discovery rule.
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