Ram's Gate Winery, LLC v. Roche

Opinion

RUVOLO, P. J.

I

INTRODUCTION

Appellant Ram’s Gate Winery, LLC (Ram’s Gate), bought a property in Sonoma County from respondents Joseph G. and Genevieve Roche (the Roches) upon which it intended to build a new winery. The sellers had agreed in the “Purchase and Sale Agreement” (Purchase Agreement) to disclose facts having a “material effect on the value of the ownership or use of the Property,” including geological hazards. After escrow closed, Ram’s Gate discovered an active fault trace on the property that substantially increased the cost of development, and it sued the Roches for, among…