Platzman v. Morris’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “New York adheres to the doctrine of caveat emptor and imposes no duty on the seller to disclose any information concerning the premises when the parties deal at arm’s length, unless there is some conduct on the part of the seller that constitutes active concealment (see, Platzman v. Morris, 283 A.D.2d 561, 562 [, 724 N.Y.S.2d 502 ] (2d Dep’t 2001); Howard Iron Works v. Buffalo Elevating Co., 113 A.D. 562, 570 [, 99 N.Y.S. 163 ] (4th Dep’t 1901 [1906]) 3 ).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 820 F. Supp. 2d 461 - Ridge Seneca Plaza, LLC v. BP Products North America