Cosmopolitan Homes, Inc. v. Weller
Supreme Court of Colorado
1Opinion of the Court
DUBOFSKY, Justice.
We granted certiorari to review the Court of Appeals’ holding in Weller v. Cosmopolitan Homes, Inc., 44 Colo.App. 470, 622 P.2d 577 (Colo.App.1980) which allowed subsequent purchasers of a home to assert a claim for property damage to the structure allegedly caused by the negligence of the homebuilder. We affirm the judgment of the Court of Appeals but limit the negligence claim to latent defects which the purchaser was unable to discover prior to purchase.
The plaintiffs, Shirley Mae Weller and William E. Weller, are the fourth owners of a house designed, built and sold in…
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