Legal Opinion
Lowdermilk v. Vescovo Building & Realty Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided January 9, 2003No. ED 79055PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KATHIANNE KNAUP CRANE, Judge.
Plaintiff homeowners were awarded $140,000 in actual damages and $260,000 in punitive damages against defendant home-builders and realtors for failure to disclose that the foundation of the home they had purchased for $560,000 had not been damp-proofed. At trial, evidence was admitted with respect to numerous defects in the house, the cost to repair all of those defects, and the diminution in market val ue as a result of those defects. However, the case was only submitted on theories relating to defendants’ failure to disclose that the foundation had not been…
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