Gable v. Boles

This case requires us to decide whether, in a transaction between next-door neighbor s for the sale and purchase of a boat, the buyer could justifiably rely on the seller's oral statements as to the condition of the boat notwithstanding the existence of an "as is" disclaimer in the parties' written agreement.

Fletcher Boles and his wife Patricia Boles sued Debra Gable, alleging that Gable had fraudulently misrepresented and/or suppressed material facts concerning the condition of a boat she sold to Fletcher Boles. After a bench trial, the circuit court entered a judgment for Fletcher Boles in…