BALL HOMES, INC. v. VOLPERT


633 S.W.2d 63 (1982)

BALL HOMES, INC. and Balco Realty, Inc., Movants, v. Grace Deahl VOLPERT and Patrick Volpert, Respondents. and KINDRED HOMES, INC., Movant, v. Grace Deahl VOLPERT and Patrick Volpert, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

May 25, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. R. Patterson, Jr., Larry C. Deener, Landrum, Patterson & Dickey, Lexington, for movants Ball Homes, Inc., et al.

Edward R. Hays, Hays, Moss & Stigger, Lexington, for movant Kindred Homes, Inc.

Bernard Leachman, Jr., Louisville, for respondents.

Gary W. Barr, Stoll, Keenon & Park, Lexington, for Wolf Creek Collieries.

Allen R. Brown, Louisville, for Cox & Crawley, Inc.

Louis N. Garlove, Louisville, for Bickel-Gibson Associates Architects, Inc.

Armer H. Mahan, Jr., Louisville, for American Roofing Co., Inc.

Don F. Schmidt, Louisville, for Triangle Industries, Inc.


PALMORE, Chief Justice.

The respondents, Grace D. and Patrick Volpert, purchased a new home in 1972 from its builders, Ball Homes and Kindred Homes. It was destroyed by fire in 1978. The Volperts brought suit in 1980 against the builders, claiming that the loss of their property resulted from a defect in the electrical wiring system existing at the time they bought the property. The trial court dismissed the action as barred...

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