Hopefully, this scenario does not happen very often. Specifically, you sell a home where there was previously a murder suicide. Well, it happened in the case Milliken v. Jacono.

I previously blogged on the Pa Superior Court Decision where the court found no duty to disclose. When the Pa Supreme Court accepted the case we wondered whether the Court would now impose such a duty.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court in a short and precise decision affirmed the Pa Superior Court. The Court in a case of first impression found that in Pennsylvania that Psychological stigmas are not material defects that require disclosure by a seller. Again, I do not know that this decision has many practical implications. However, it would make a great law school exam question.

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