Keyes v. Guy Bailey Homes, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• reasoning that builder “already owes a duty to construct the home in a workmanlike manner” so that extension of liability to subsequent home purchaser will require “no greater effort [by]. . . the builder to protect himself”
• reasoning that builder “already owes a duty to construct the home in a workmanlike manner” so that extension of liability to subsequent home purchaser will require “no greater effort [by] . . . the builder to protect himself’
• extending the liability of builders in tort actions to subsequent purchasers of property because doing so does not change a builder’s “duty to construct the home in a workmanlike manner”
• extending the liability of builders in tort actions to subsequent purchasers of property because doing so does not change a builder’s “duty to construct the home in a workmanlike manner”
• foundation settled excessively causing walls to crack, roof to leak, and patio to pull away from house
• with regard to homebuilders, doctrine of caveat emptor and merger no longer stand in this jurisdiction

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).