Nichols v. R.R. Beaufort & Associates, Inc.

OPINION

FLANDERS, Justice.

This case requires us to determine for the first time whether the buyers of a latently defective home can maintain an action against the house builder — with whom they lack any contractual privity — for the builder’s alleged breach of implied warranties of habitability and workmanlike quality. Claiming latent defects and faulty workmanship in the construction of their home, the plaintiffs, Thomas and Candace Nichols (the Nichols), appeal from the Superior Court’s entry of summary judgment in favor of the defendants, home builder Raymond R. Beaufort and his…