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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Cline v. Allis-Chalmers Corp., 690 S.W.2d 764 (1985)

Citation
Cline v. Allis-Chalmers Corp., 690 S.W.2d 764 (1985)
Parent Document
Cline v. Allis-Chalmers Corp., 690 S.W.2d 764 (1985)
Jurisdiction
Kentucky (state)
Effective Date
1985-05-24

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The Court noted that in general negligence of one party, such as signing a contract without reading it, bars a suit for fraud against another. Thus, a party to a contract must exercise the same care to protect himself as the ordinary prudent man would use in the same or similar cases. Further, the Court recognized that fraud can be of so many forms that a particular definition should not be set, thus each case should be considered on its own facts. Further, one factor in determining whether ordinary care was exercised or not in signing a contract a party failed to read is “the extent of the confidence he is entitled to place in the person procuring his signature.” Id. at 102.