回複：買房子被騙了！請問大家這個官司可以打嗎？

看到您的問題實在很想大罵一聲 tmd. 你老的帖子給了一切詳細的資料，唯獨漏了最重要的一點，您老兄的老房子到底在那一州 ?
如果老貓記得不錯美國50個,隻有三個州 (加州，紐澤西州 以及 最後老貓也記不起來的一州)有特別的法令對於購入新屋中的mold問題有特別的規定，(老貓找到的資料有790頁之長，老貓可沒有時間詳細幫您老兄讀)，所以僅能簡列的說明如下
(a)並不是每一種mold都有問題，您可以參考這個網站來了解一下
http://www.advancedmoldinspection.com/property_damage.html
(b)並不是說沒有特別規定的州您就拿賣主沒有辦法，但是要看您所在州有關的法令，在Gabberty v. Pisarz
10 Misc.3d 1010, 810 N.Y.S.2d 799 N.Y.Sup.,2005.
的案件中就有這樣一個問題，在紐約的Real Property Law Article 14並沒有規定對方有責任需要告知您這個房子是否有mold,所以除非買賣雙方在買賣合約中有特別的規定，對方無需負擔告知的責任，所以您必須查看您所在州的法律對這方麵的說明。
不過加州是有法令規定 (California Mold Law)對於建築物中是否有toxic mold於屋主的責任都有一定的規定，您可以依法緣引這個法令對您的損失提出法律告訴，在加州有一個很有趣的案例

Litigation in California.
Mold-related litigations has skyrocketed upwards of 300% since 1999. One example: April 2004 - A plaintiff in a mold lawsuit initially awarded multi-millions of dollars in punitive damages against Allstate has died at age 99. He was a few days short of his 100th birthday on April 12. In 1999 the plaintiff refused Allstate’s offer of $17,300 to repair his home and filed a lawsuit for the company’s bad-faith dealings in handling his homeowner’s insurance claim. A three-week trial in 2000 resulted in a jury awarding him $18 million in punitive damages — the presiding judge lowered the amount to $2.5 million. An appeals court then stripped the near centenarian of the $2.5 million in punitive damages and awarded him $628,646, an amount that paid his nearly $239,000 in legal fees and $290,000 to put toward home repairs.
所以基本上律師的花費是相當可關的。


最後在2003 年的 American Law Reports (114 A.L.R.5th 397)
有一篇文章
Toxic Mold in Residences and Other Building: Liability and Other Issues
By
Erin Masson Wirth

您應該到當地的公共圖書館找來看一下，這篇文章中對於您的問題有不錯的討論，同時列舉的案例也很清楚，老實說如果您決定要打官司，這篇文章您應該參考一下。

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