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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 10 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from John Harold Wolfe v. Continental Casualty Company.

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1 John Harold Wolfe v. Continental Casualty Company Anchor
ca6 · 1981
green “a tort exists only if a party breaches a duty which he owes to another independently of the contract, that is, a duty which would exist even if no contract existed.” 8
2 Neth. Ins. Co. v. BSHM Architects, Inc.
ohctapp7monroe · 2018
green “show that the tort claims derive from the breach of duties that are independent of the contract and that would exist notwithstanding the contract.” 2

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