• 2003 - Unlawful Interference with Business
  • C-24.10
    • Business
    • Torts
    • Tort Liability
    • Tort Liability

  • To prove a claim for unlawful interference with business, the Plaintiff must establish the following by the greater weight of the evidence:

     

    1) The existence of a valid business relationship or expectancy;

     

    2) Knowledge by the Defendant of the relationship or expectancy;

     

    3) The Defendant interfered with the relationship or expectancy by [committing an independently tortious or otherwise unlawful act];

     

    4) The interference was a proximate cause of the harm sustained; and

     

    5) The Plaintiff was actually damaged.

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    • Trade ‘N Post v. World Duty Free, 2001 ND 116,628 NW2d 707
  • Notes: Substitute the alleged tortious or unlawful act in the brackets.