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DETERMAN v. JOHNSON

No. 98-2050.

613 N.W.2d 259 (2000)

Lisa A. DETERMAN, Appellant, v. James H. JOHNSON and Diane V. Johnson, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

July 6, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall E. Nielsen of Pappajohn, Shriver, Eide & Nicholas, P.C., Mason City, for appellant.

David L. Riley of Yagla, McCoy & Riley, P.L.C., Waterloo, for appellees.

Considered en banc.

TERNUS, Justice.

The appellant/plaintiff, Lisa Determan, discovered significant structural problems in the home she had purchased from the appellees/defendants, James and Diane Johnson. Determan filed a negligence action against the defendants to recover her costs of repair, but the trial court dismissed her claims on the basis that the defendants owed no duty to the plaintiff. The court of appeals affirmed, holding that the plaintiff's damages were not recoverable...

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