You go to the Cosmic Runners Supply Store in Asheville.The salesperson shows you some shoes and says,"In a race,these shoes pick up the cosmic energy from the runners around you and channel it into your own legs.This causes everyone with these shoes to run twice as fast as in normal shoes." In your next race,you do only slightly better than usual and sue for fraud.Which of the following is true?

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The statement made by the salesperson is clearly false, and it's doubtful that anyone would believe such an assertion without evidence. Unless the salesperson could provide satisfactory evidence that the shoes really did have the powers described, it's likely that a court would conclude that the reliance was not justified. However, the other options are incorrect. (A) is wrong because the statement contained at least one factual assertion (about the shoes' ability to pick up energy from other runners and channel it into the wearer's legs). (C) is irrelevant – whether most runners go twice as fast in the shoes is not relevant to the question of whether the statement was fraudulent. Finally, (D) is overly broad – simply proving an intent to deceive would not necessarily be enough to win a fraud case, as there would need to be reliance and damages as well.

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