ABC Builders, Inc. v. Phillips

RAPER, Justice.

The liability of vendors of new and used residential property for damages arising out of the dangers of building site location will be the primary subject of this opinion. These appeals arise from a jury verdict holding a developer-builder-vendor and a city negligent and thus liable for damage to a house resulting from a landslide. We will address four major issues: 1) the effect of the district court’s dismissal of an intermediate owner whose conduct may have contributed to the damages, between the builder-vendor and ultimate owner damaged by the landslide; 2) whether a…