Johnson v. Wysocki

DAVID, Justice.

The owners of a home sold it after completing Indiana’s statutory disclosure forms, attesting to the home’s condition. Shortly after moving in, the buyers discovered a number of defects that required considerable expense to remedy. The buyers sued the former owners, alleging fraudulent misrepresentation. The question is whether Indiana’s Disclosure Statutes create such a claim or if the common law still prevails and the principle of caveat emptor effectively ends the buyers’ case. Today we hold that the General Assembly’s adoption of the Disclosure Statutes abrogated our common…