Legal Opinion
Siegel v. Anderson Homes, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 20, 2004No. F042811PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BUCKLEY, Acting P. J.
The owner of a home containing latent construction defects may maintain an action in tort against the builder for any resulting damages. But when there are several successive owners, to which of them does the cause of action belong: to the person who owns the home when the structure first sustains some appreciable but undetected harm, or to the subsequent owner who first discovers the harm? Put another way, does the cause of action accrue when the structure suffers physical damage, or when the owner suffers a compensable economic injury as a result? Has the owner…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Trope v. KatzCalifornia Supreme Court · 1995
- Kriegler v. Eichler Homes, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 1969
- Aas v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 2000
- Oakes v. McCarthy Co.California Court of Appeal · 1968
- CAMSI IV v. Hunter Technology Corp.California Court of Appeal · 1991
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Jasmine Networks, Inc. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2009
- Coppola v. SmithDistrict Court, E.D. California · 2013
- Condon-Johnson & Associates, Inc. v. Sacramento Municipal Utility DistrictCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2007
- Standard Fire Ins. v. Spectrum Community Ass'nCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2006
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