Determan v. Johnson

TERNUS, Justice.

The appellant/plaintiff, Lisa Determan, discovered significant structural problems in the home she had purchased from the appellees/defendants, James and Diane Johnson. Determan filed a negligence action against the defendants to recover her costs of repair, but the trial court dismissed her claims on the basis that the defendants owed no duty to the plaintiff. The court of appeals affirmed, holding that the plaintiffs damages were not recoverable under tort law. This court granted further review and we now affirm.

I. Background Facts and Proceedings.

In 1990, the defendants…