Nothing in this article relieves a buyer or prospective buyer of the duty to exercise reasonable care to protect himself or herself, including those facts which are known to or within the diligent attention and observation of the buyer or prospective buyer.
Cal. Civ. Code § 2079.5
Duty to Prospective Purchaser of Real Property
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 65 Cal. App. 4th 1069 - Furla v. Jon Douglas Co. (1998)
Most recently applied in 188 Cal. App. 4th 1510 - Holmes v. Summer (October 2010)
Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 223, Sec. 2.
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