Legal Opinion
Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. Jefferson Associates, Ltd.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided October 14, 1992No. 3-90-217-CVPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KIDD, Justice.
This case arises from the sale of the Jefferson Building, a four-story commercial office building in Austin, Travis County, Texas. In late 1983, the Prudential Insurance Company of America (Prudential), after becoming, through foreclosure, the owner of the Jefferson Building, proposed to sell it to Jefferson Associates, a limited partnership, and F.B. Goldman (collectively, Goldman). Two years after the sale was consummated, Goldman discovered that the building contained asbestos. Alleging that the presence of asbestos significantly depreciated the value of the building, Goldman…
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