ALBRECHT v. CLIFFORD


436 Mass. 706 (2002)

PETER L. ALBRECHT & another v. ALFRED G. CLIFFORD.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

May 7, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Matthews for the plaintiffs.

William H. Sheehan, III, for the defendant.

Benjamin Fierro, III, for Home Builders Association of Massachusetts, Inc., amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., GREANEY, IRELAND, SPINA, COWIN, SOSMAN, & CORDY, JJ.


CORDY, J.

In 1993, Peter L. Albrecht and Margaret Page Albrecht bought a newly constructed single-family home with nine fireplaces from Alfred G. Clifford, an architect and general contractor. Several years later, the Albrechts learned that there were defects in the fireplaces and chimneys in another house that Clifford had built in their neighborhood. Consequently, they retained an inspector who found similar defects in the Albrechts' home. The Albrechts filed a...

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