Gaudet v. Starr

Andrews, Judge.

James and Jami Gaudet entered into a real estate sales contract to purchase a residence owned by Starr. After a deed to the property was executed to close the sale, the Gaudets allege that they found numerous defects in the property. The Gaudets sued Starr for the cost of repairing the defects and for punitive damages alleging that he breached the sales contract and defrauded them by falsely representing that the property contained no defects. They also sued Dominick, whom the Gaudets hired to inspect the property prior to the closing, alleging that Dominick negligently failed…