Van Patten v. Obendrauf
Appellants Edmund and Sybil Obendrauf are private homeowners. They remodeled their home themselves, along with the assistance of friends and relatives. After living in the home for eight years, they sold it to respondent Paul Van Patten. They failed to disclose that most of the remodeling was performed by unlicensed workers and did not comply with code requirements. Respondent moved into the home and discovered significant structural defects and code violations. He filed an action against appellants for fraud. Following a bench trial, the court awarded respondent $56,500 in damages. Appellants allege that the trial court used the incorrect measure of damages in calculating respondent's recovery. Court affirm.
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