Stevens v. Bouchard

How courts have described this case

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

• refusing to expand the implied warranty of habitability to the sale of an existing home and explaining that past expansions of the warranty have all involved “the sale of a new home”
• Purchases of real property brought action against seller for breach of warranty of habitability and fraud based on failure to disclose known defect in house.
• the doctrine of caveat emptor applies to claims of fraud in the context of real estate transactions.
• claim for failure to inform purchaser of leaking roof is not actionable in the absence of a special relationship unless the complaint alleges affirmative statements or acts intended to deceive
• “In the absence of some special relationship existing between the buyer and seller of real estate, no duty to disclose defects in the premises exists and the doctrine of caveat emptor applies.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).