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Article: New Jersey Supreme Court rules sellers must disclose landfills.
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- April 25, 1995
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HADDONFIELD, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 1995--In a major victory for New Jersey consumers, the New Jersey Supreme Court unanimously ruled Tuesday that builders and selling real estate brokers have a duty to tell potential buyers that their homes are near a closed landfill, and homeowners who were not told can bring a class action suit against the builder and real estate broker.
Ruling on a suit brought by a group of homeowners who bought homes in a development of John B. Canuso in Voorhees, N.J., without being told that their homes were near the 57-acre Buzby Landfill, which is suspected of containing hazardous waste, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that ...