APPELLATE COURT ALLOWS SUBSEQUENT HOMEOWNERS TO SUE FOR LATENT DEFECTS
publication date: May 30, 2004
Subsequent owners of a home sued the builder for construction defects and structural damage. The trial court dismissed the case, holding that the original owners, not the subsequent owners, owned the cause of action against the builder. The appellate court reversed, holding that the subsequent owners have a cause of action against the builder unless the original owners suffered actual economic damages as the result of the construction defects.
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