WILLIAMS v. KAEREK BUILDERS, INC.

No. 96-2396.

212 Wis.2d 150 (1997)

568 N.W.2d 313

Fredrick and Sharlene WILLIAMS, husband and wife, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. KAEREK BUILDERS, INC., Defendant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided June 18, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiffs-appellants, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Douglas W. Rose and Jennifer M. Duffy of Blumenfeld, Rose & deJong, S.C. of Brookfield.

On behalf of the defendant-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of William R. Binetti of Racine.

Before Brown, Nettesheim and Anderson, JJ.


BROWN, J.

This case primarily concerns the application of the Hansen/Borello1 discovery rule to a negligence suit brought against a home builder due to a leaky basement. The builder made several representations to the homeowners which allegedly induced them to delay discovering the cause of their wet basement and initiating this lawsuit. The circuit court nonetheless determined that the representations should not have delayed the...

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