the wasserblawg

Back in September , we discussed the emerging trend that requires sellers in some states to tell buyers whether or not a particular property was ever used as a meth lab . Today, our discussion of disclosures turns on quite a different circumstance. This is an actual case decided in the Supreme Court of the great State of Alaska. Factually folks, this one is pretty gross. Ida Mae Johnson owned a home in Anchorage. In April, 2003 police discovered Ms. Johnson's body in the kitchen of the home. She had died of a heart attack approximately one month before her body was discovered, and during that time her body had partially decomposed. It was later learned that fluids released during decomposition caused structural damage to the kitchen subfloor. The sellers (Ms. Johnson's surviving daughters) told the buyers that their mother had died in of a heart attack in the home, without mentioning any of the other gruesome details. The buyers moved into the house shortly ...