Intentional Interference With Prospective Economic Advantage in United States

Intentional Interference With Prospective Economic Advantage 

This tort protects the relationship of trust and confidence between two persons as regards a third person. To prove a tort of intentional interference with prospective economic advantage the plaintiff must show:
1) An economic relationship between themselves and another person
2) A potential future benefit arising out of the relation
3) That defendant knew of the relationship
4) Action or intent to commit acts designed to disrupt the relationship
5) Damages caused by the defendant’s acts.
Buckaloo v. Johnson (1975) 14 Cal.3d 815, 827.

Essentially this tort remedies situation where a contract would have been formed but for the tortious interference of the defendant.
See Besicorp Ltd. v Alan R. Kahn, 2002 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 77, * ; 736 N.Y.S.2d 708; 2002 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 77