Legal Opinion
Rusch v. Lincoln-Devore Testing Laboratory, Inc.
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided October 11, 1984No. 82CA1341PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PIERCE, Judge.
Plaintiffs, William and Lavonne Rusch, sued defendants, Lincoln-Devore Testing Laboratory, Inc. (Lincoln-Devore), Dan L. Howells, Oliver P. Lecompte, and Patricia L. Cloud d/b/a Pleasant Hills Development Company (Pleasant Hills), for damages arising from the subsidence and movement of the soil underlying their residence. The jury awarded plaintiffs $50,000 damages for negligence and $64,000 for breach of implied warranty of suitability. Defendants appeal, and we reverse and remand for a new trial.
Plaintiffs purchased an undeveloped lot from Pleasant Hills in 1977. William…
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