Gross v. Sussex Inc.

ROBERT M. BELL, Judge.

We granted certiorari to consider whether purchasers of real property may recover against the builder-seller and its agent, a real estate agency, in an action for deceit and negligent misrepresentation based on false statements, the accuracy of which the purchasers did not immediately investigate. In an unreported opinion, the Court, of Special Appeals affirmed the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendants, thus, holding that they may not.

I

In April, 1987, the petitioners, Thomas and Ann Louise Gross (“the Grosses”), and the respondent, Sussex,…