Seneca owns an interior painting service. Seneca promises Fran, a homeowner, that Seneca will paint the outside of Fran’s house. Seneca knows that all of the painter-employees are busy for the next two months and really does not intend to paint Fran’s house. In this case, Seneca’s tortious behavior is known as:

Promissory fraud.

Explanation:

In this scenario, Seneca owns an interior painting service. Seneca promises Fran, a homeowner, that Seneca will paint the outside of Fran’s house. Seneca knows that all of the painter-employees are busy for the next two months and really does not intend to paint Fran’s house. In this case, Seneca’s tortious behavior is known as promissory fraud.

Promissory fraud can be defined as a promise made by an individual or business entity (promisor), when in actual fact they have absolutely no intention to perform the actions or fulfil the promise when it was made the other party.

Hence, Seneca exhibited a promissory fraud because he is aware that all of the painter-employees are busy for the next two months and really does not intend to paint Fran’s house.  

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