Utah Tortious interference with prospective economic relations
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The elements of the tort of interference with potential economic relations are:
- Defendant intentionally interfered with potential economic relations
- for an improper purpose (predominant purpose was to injure the plaintiff—can be outweighed by legitimate long-range interest in further one’s own economic condition) or by improper means (violence, threats or other intimidation, deceit or misrepresentation, disparaging falsehood)
- causing injury to plaintiff
St. Benedict's Dev. v. St. Benedict's Hosp., 811 P. 2d 194 (Utah 1991)
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