Simmons v. Owens

How courts have described this case

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• remote purchaser held able to sue contractor who built home for a prior owner, for negligent construction contrary to building code
• builder liable to subsequent buyers for foreseeable negligent construction of a home which was damaged by water rot and termite infestation
• latent defect is one not discoverable by reasonable inspection
• latent defect is one not discoverable by reasonable inspection

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).