Below v. Norton

¶ 45. (dissenting). This is a case that can affect every single person who purchases a home in Wisconsin. For many citizens of this state, buying a home will be one of the most important purchases that they will make in their lifetime.

¶ 46. According to the majority, a person selling a home can look the buyer in the eye, lie about the condition of the home, and escape legal consequences in tort for the lie because of the economic loss doctrine.

¶ 47. Wisconsin has the dubious distinction of being the only state in the entire country to have expanded this judicially created doctrine in such a…