An investor who owned several thriving shopping malls was negotiating to purchase a local mall from the company that currently owned it. A staff attorney for the state transportation department who shopped at the mall regularly learned of the negotiations and contacted the investor. The mall had deteriorated noticeably during the time the current company had owned it and the attorney believed that new ownership would revitalize the mall considerably. Although the attorney had no information to support this, she told the investor that the state was currently planning to construct a new interchange for the turnpike only three blocks from the mall. The investor went ahead with the purchase, believing that the new interchange would boost sales. In fact, no interchange was being considered by the state at that time, and nothing that the investor did after he purchased the mall could stem the decline in sales. He ended up selling the property at a substantial loss several years after the purchase. Does the investor have a cause of action against the attorney for his losses