Spitale v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
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cited by 1 later decisions
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states following
November 2011
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 480 So. 2d 625 - Johnson v. Davis · 710 So. 2d 984 - Billian v. Mobil Corp. · Smith v. Spitale · 544 So. 2d 255 - Slitor v. Elias
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“Johnson does not convert a seller of a house into a guarantor of the condition of the house. As we have said, to prove a cause of action under Johnson , a buyer of a house must prove the seller’s knowledge of a defect which materially affected the value of the house. While knowledge in this regard can be proven by circumstantial evidence, it must nevertheless be proven by competent, sufficient evidence which, as we have explained, did not exist here.”
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