In Texas, Can I sue if I was misled or lied to about the job I would be working
<p>I recently was recruited for a contract software engineering role with a bank.  The recruiter on several occasions through emails and phone messages emphasized this was a software engineering role. The name of the role is even in the W2 agreement.</p>

<p>However, after I started, I found out what I would actually be doing is significantly different and is really a different role altogether.</p>

<p>Is this considered fraud? I was absolutely lied to. I know in sales selling a product using incorrect information would count as fraud. Does the same apply here in being recruited for a job?</p>

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  <p>Can I sue if I was misled or lied to about the job I would be working</p>
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<p>Yes, but only if you can prove that your <em>reasonable reliance</em> on the employer's representations prompted to leave your former job and/or decline other projects/positions. You would need to persuade a court that your current employment (1) has worsened your circumstances in terms of compensation and/or career-wise; and, if employment is at-will, also that (2) resigning from your current job would not undo the loss you incurred as a result of taking this job position.</p>

<p>The particulars of your situation would determine whether your claim(s) meet the <em>prima facie</em> elements of <em>fraud</em> and/or <em>breach of contract</em>.</p>

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