Alston & Bird LLP – December 10, 2012 In Georgia, the long-standing rule in real estate purchases is caveat emptor (“let the buyer beware”). There is one exception: a negligence action against a builder/seller. A builder/seller may be held liable in negligence where a dwelling is sold containing latent defects that the builder in the… Continue reading Vendors who Performed Own Home Repairs were not Builder/Sellers to whom Exception to the Rule of Caveat Emptor Applies