Ambassador Press, Inc. v. Durst Image Technology U.S., LLC, No. 18-3017 (8th Cir. 2020)
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Ambassador Press filed suit against Durst Image for fraud, alleging that the printing press that was purchased from Durst Image did not have the speed or durability Durst Image represented at the time of the purchase.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of Durst Image's motion to dismiss, holding that the district court correctly determined that Ambassador Press did not plausibly allege common law fraud. The court also held that the district court properly determined that reliance was not pleaded with particularity and properly granted the motion to dismiss.
Court Description: [Benton, Author, with Smith, Chief Judge, and Gruender, Circuit Judge] Civil case - Fraud. The district court did not err in dismissing plaintiff's common law fraud action for failure to plausibly allege the elements of common law fraud; the district court properly determined that detrimental reliance had not been pleaded with the required degree of particularity.
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