CHARLESTON — A Cross Lanes woman is suing Real Property Inspections alleging it breached its contract and was negligent.
Riley Foreman entered into a contract on March 18, 2018, for the purchase of a home for $98,000, and made the purchase contingent upon both a home inspection and appraisal, according to a complaint filed in Kanawha Circuit Court.
Foreman claims the defendant was contracted to perform the inspection and failed to properly inspect the home and that failure led to the defendant missing obvious indicators of potential structural issues with the residence.
"Following the home inspection, Defendant only noted a few floor joists that needed repairs and failed to alert Ms. Foreman to the potential structural issues with the residence," the complaint states. "Upon information and belief...a proper home inspection would have observed and noted potential structural issues with the residence."
Foreman relied on the defendant's inspection report when she continued with the purchase of the home, according to the suit.
Foreman claims after she noticed that a portion of the floor appeared to be slanted, some doors were sticking and that cracking was beginning to appear in the residence, she contacted professionals and was alerted to a host of serious structural problems.
The defendants owed Foreman a duty to properly perform the home inspection of the residence and breached that duty when it failed to properly perform the home inspection of the residence, according to the suit.
Foreman claims the defendant breached its contract with her and caused her damages. She claims she fulfilled her obligations under the contract.
Foreman is seeking compensatory damages with pre- and post-judgment interest. She is represented by Patrick C. Timony of Francesca C. Rollo of Bowles Rice in Charleston.
The case is assigned to Circuit Judge Maryclaire Akers.
Kanawha Circuit Court case number: 22-C-4
