Bruni v. Didion

Opinion

RICHLI, J.

Plaintiffs purchased single-family homes, which came with what they were told was “an added bonus” or “extra protection”—an express limited warranty. Actually, the warranty provided coverage, subject to sweeping exclusions, for the whole home for just one year, and for the electrical, plumbing, and mechanical systems for just two years; after that, the only coverage it provided was for “load-bearing elements,” and then only if the damage to them made the home “unsafe, unsanitary, or otherwise unlivable.” Some versions of the warranty purported to relieve the builder of any…