PaintForU recently came up with a marketing plan that will refer to its competitor and suggest to readers that the competitor uses untrained and unskilled workers,a fact for which PaintForU has no evidence to support.What tort action might the competitor bring against PaintForU?

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The competitor could bring an action for injurious falsehood against PaintForU because this tort involves making false statements about a business or its products that cause financial loss. Since PaintForU is suggesting without evidence that the competitor uses untrained and unskilled workers, it could harm the competitor's reputation and business, fitting the criteria for injurious falsehood.

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