The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Frank B. Cross, Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 6, Problem 3CT
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Case summary: The person J, bought a parcel of land that contains nine rental houses. The houses shared a waste disposal system that was defective and was later partially replaced upon town officials’ complaint. The person D was one of the prospective buyers of the house. A month after D bought the house, the septic system failed. The person D filed the suit against the person J and his firm RPS.
To Find: The outcome of the case if the visual inspection of the property had revealed that the septic system was not working properly.
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