Milliken v. Jacono

OPINION

Justice EAKIN.

We are asked to consider whether the occurrence of a murder/suicide inside a house constitutes a material defect of the property, such that appellees’ failure to disclose the same to the buyer of the house constituted fraud, negligent misrepresentation, or a violation of the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law’s (UTPCPL).1 We hold a murder/suicide does not constitute an actionable material defect.

In February, 2006, Konstantinos Koum-boulis shot and killed his wife and himself inside his house. The murder/suicide was highly publicized in the local media and…