# kaal:claim:2811718-016

**Claim.** In the hand selected sample of cases, the ranking of causes of action differs from the full search results: fiduciary duty leads, followed by negligent misrepresentation and breach of contract.

**Type.** empirical  **Support.** evidenced

**Holds when.**

- hand selected subsample of 32 cases
- 1995 to 2015

**Source quote.**

> Unlike Figure 4, in the hand-selected sample of cases in Figure 5, the leading causes of action were by order of preference: (1) fiduciary duty, (2) negligent misrepresentation, (3) breach of contract.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Private Fund Investor Due Diligence – Evidence from 1995 to 2015* (2016), III.B. Litigation Record: 1995 to 2015, page 29

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Private Fund Investor Due Diligence – Evidence from 1995 to 2015 (2016). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2811718

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `b52152af561288173840a1cabbcf8f4b337e73507c856ee01600799073f4156f` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Kaal%20-%202016%20-%20Private%20Fund%20Investor%20Due%20Diligence%20%E2%80%93%20Evidence%20from%201995%20to%202015.pdf

**Topics.** corporate-governance

**Keywords.** causes-of-action, fiduciary-duty, negligent-misrepresentation, case-selection

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