Questão jurídica principal
Whether the architect is liable in damages for exceeding the cost estimate in a renovation project
Decisão extraída
No. The claimant failed to show that he would have taken cost-saving measures or otherwise changed his position had he known the true costs, so no compensable reliance loss was proven.
Fundamentação extraída
Liability requires a breach of duty and a proven reliance loss. The court held that the claimant bears the burden of making plausible that he would have acted differently, and he did not do so here.