Innocent Misrepresentation Case Study
This case is an example of Innocent Misrepresentation. The seller is W. F. Yost of Red Barn Barbecue Restaurant. Yost committed an Innocent Misrepresentation. Even though he tried to fix most of the violations, but there are still 52 health code violations that were left. According to Cheeseman, “an innocent misrepresentation occurs when a person makes a statement of fact that he or she honestly and reasonably believes to be true even though it is not” (Cheeseman, 2013 page 226). Yost taught that he fixes all violation that was given to him and gave an assurance that “the premises will pass all inspections”. Also, he committed unilateral mistake according to Cheeseman Unilateral mistake “is a mistake in which only one party is mistaken about