Wrongful Interference In A Business Relationship In Wake
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Business interference, often known as tortious interference, involves one party intentionally damaging another's business relationships or contracts. For instance, if you own a bakery, and a competitor tries to convince your flour supplier not to sell to you anymore, that competitor is interfering with your business.
Possibly. If there is tortious interference with your ability to do business then you could certainly sue for damages. However merely threatening to damage your business or leaving a bad review may not necessarily be actionable. Talk to a lawyer about the specifics of your case.
A tort of negligent interference occurs when one party's negligence damages the contractual or business relationship between others, causing economic harm, such as by blocking a waterway or causing a blackout preventing the utility company from being able to uphold its existing contracts with consumers.
Examples of tortious interference include inducing a third party to breach a contract, spreading false information about a business or product, or stealing confidential business information.
For example, if a competitor spreads false rumors about a business to intentionally harm its reputation and steal customers, it could be considered wrongful interference with a business relationship.
Tortious interference is a common law tort allowing a claim for damages against a defendant who wrongfully interferes with the plaintiff's contractual or business relationships. See also intentional interference with contractual relations.
Definition. A cause of action exists for negligent interference with another's prospective business advantage if the defendant acts unreasonably and wrongfully, albeit not intentionally, so as to foreseeably disrupt a business advantage of another with whom the defendant has a special relationship.
Basically, if someone interferes in your business, if someone prevents you from conducting business, you can sue that person to recover for the harm you suffer. And this can be powerful in todays real estate market.
Some examples of improper conduct are the use of fraud or misrepresentation, trade libel, trademark infringement, blackmail, economic pressure, initiating civil lawsuits or criminal prosecutions, and even physical violence.
