Idaho Supreme Court· 7/2/1987

Tusch Enterprises v. Coffin

Citations

740 P.2d 1022
113 Idaho 37
1987 Ida. LEXIS 334

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holding that allegations of negligent design and construction of a duplex is barred by the economic loss rule
holding that “subsequent purchasers of residential dwellings, who suffer purely economic losses from latent defects manifesting themselves within a reasonable time, may maintain an action against the builder (or builder-developer, as the case may be,
observing that “[t]he majority of states permit a disclaimer of an implied warranty of habitability, but the disclaimer must be clear and unambiguous and such disclaimers are strictly construed against the (defendant]”) (citations omitted
extending an implied warranty of habitability to residential dwellings purchased for income-producing purposes but never occupied by the buyers
extending an implied warranty of habitability to residential dwellings purchased for income-producing purposes but never occupied by the buyers
extending an implied warranty of habitability to residential dwellings purchased for income-producing purposes but never occupied by the buyers

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Judges: Donaldson, Bakes, Shepard, Bistline, Huntley

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