Deptula v. Simpson

OPINION

CARPENETI, Justice.

I, INTRODUCTION

This case involves a dispute arising out of a home sale. Before purchasing the house, the buyers waived their right to receive statutory disclosures about the house. Shortly after moving in, the buyers learned that the previous owner had died and partially decomposed in the house and that this decomposition had caused damage to the kitchen sub-floor. The buyers brought suit against the seller and her listing agent, alleging breach of a: duty to disclose the fact that the previous owner had died and decomposed in the house. The superior court dismissed…