Happ v. Corning, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions

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1. “To show economic duress (1) a party must show that he has been the victim of a wrongful or unlawful act or threat, and (2) such act or threat must be one which deprives the victim of his unfettered will, resulting in the threatened party being compelled to make a disproportionate exchange of values. The elements of economic duress have also been described as follows: (1) that one side involuntarily accepted the terms of another; (2) that circumstances permitted no other alternative; and (3) that said circumstances were the result of coercive acts of the opposite party. To show duress, a victim must go beyond the mere showing of a reluctance to accept [and] financial embarrassment and show that acts of the other party produced these factors. Thus, [i]n order to substantiate the allegation of economic duress or business compulsion ... [t]here must be a showing of acts on the part of the defendant which produced [the financial embarrassment]. The assertion of duress must be proved by evidence that the duress resulted from defendant’s wrongful and oppressive conduct and not by plaintiffs necessities.”

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