Costa v. Neimon

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• holding that the absence of privity does not constitute a policy reason for not imposing liability where negligence is a substantial factor in causing the harm alleged
• expert testimony as to value of property supported jury’s finding that real estate appraiser’s representation of property value was untrue
• reliance on appraisal report inferred from VA’s acceptance of the loan amount
• real estate appraiser hired by lender should have foreseen that prospective buyer was \`within the ambit'\ of harm which could result from carelessly done appraisal and thus purchasers could recover from appraiser for negligent appraisal
• approving award of tort damages based on a negligent appraisal

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).