SIEGEL v. ANDERSON HOMES, INC.

No. F042811.

13 Cal.Rptr.3d 462 (2004)

118 Cal.App.4th 994

James A. SIEGEL et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. ANDERSON HOMES, INC., Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

Review Denied September 1, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Keith C. Rickelman and Keith C. Rickelman for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Brunn & Flynn, Roger S. Matzkind, Modesto; Marderosian, Runyon, Cercone, Lehman & Armo and Brett L. Runyon, Fresno, for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

BUCKLEY, Acting P.J.

The owner of a home containing latent construction defects may maintain an action in tort against the builder for any resulting damages. But when there are several successive owners, to which of them does the cause of action belong: to the person who owns the home when the structure first sustains some appreciable but undetected harm, or to the subsequent owner who first discovers the harm? Put another way, does the cause of...

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