Legal Opinion
Ricciardi v. Frank
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Decided October 29, 1996PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
Judgment unanimously modified by reducing the award to plaintiff to the sum of $375; as so modified, affirmed without costs.
*778Defendant performed a prepurchase home inspection for plaintiffs in January 1994 for the sum of $375. Plaintiffs moved into this 45-year-old house in May 1994 and soon thereafter discovered dampness and water in the basement after heavy rains.
In our opinion the judgment should be modified by reducing the award to $375, which is the cost of the inspection. Generally, contracts, as in the case at bar, which exculpate a party from the…
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