Suppression of a material fact which a party is under an obligation to communicate constitutes fraud. The obligation to communicate may arise from the confidential relations of the parties or from the particular
circumstances of the case.
O.C.G.A. § 23-2-53
Suppression of fact as fraud
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Condrey
Most recently applied in 347 F. App'x 437 - Cathy Kahn McSweeney v. Roger F. Kahn (September 2009)
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