Legal Opinion
Scott v. Continental Insurance
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 29, 1996No. G014759PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SILLS, P. J.—
Introduction and Facts
In Carty v. American States Ins. Co. (1992) 7 Cal.App.4th 399, 402-403 [9 Cal.Rptr.2d 1], this court rejected the idea that the words “latent defect,” as used in a homeowners insurance policy, only applied to some undetected defect in construction materials, and did not apply to faulty design or shoddy workmanship. In Carty we also held that because certain defects in the construction of the foundation of a home were “neither readily observable nor apparent on reasonable inspection,” those defects were latent, and therefore the loss they caused was…
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