Legal Opinion
Pulte Home Corp. v. Parex, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided February 14, 2008No. 62, Sept. Term, 2007PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilner, J.
This action began as a product liability case involving a defective building material intended for use in residential construction. The product was a synthetic exterior stucco finish known as the Exterior Insulation and Finish System (EIFS). Between 1994 and 1998, petitioner, Pulte Home Corporation, built 77 homes using that system. When the system failed to prevent water penetration, as it was allegedly designed and warranted to do, and some of the home buyers made claims, Pulte corrected the problem and took an assignment of the home buyers’ rights. Pulte claimed that the'77 homes had to be…
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