{"id":900563,"date":"2022-11-08T16:39:12","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T23:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/?p=900563"},"modified":"2022-11-08T16:39:21","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T23:39:21","slug":"implied-warranty-of-habitability-arizona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/implied-warranty-of-habitability-arizona\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Policy Prevails: Homebuilders and Homebuyers Cannot Agree to Disclaim Implied Warranty of Habitability in Arizona"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ryan Bennett | <a href=\"https:\/\/subrogationstrategist.com\/2022\/10\/26\/public-policy-prevails-homebuilders-and-homebuyers-cannot-agree-to-disclaim-implied-warranty-of-habitability-in-arizona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Subrogation Strategist<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In\u00a0<em>Zambrano v. M &amp; RC II LLC, et al.<\/em>, 2022 Ariz. LEXIS 309, the Supreme Court of Arizona held that a homebuilder and homebuyer could not waive or disclaim the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/implied-warranty-of-workmanship-habitability-arizona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">implied warranty of workmanship and habitability<\/a>. While the court would normally enforce a contract between two parties \u2013 even if one side made a \u201cbad deal\u201d \u2013 they will not do so if the contract\u2019s terms are against public policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this case, Tina Zambrano (Zambrano) signed a purchase agreement with the homebuilder to buy a newly built home. The agreement included provisions which expressly disclaimed any implied warranties, including the warranty of habitability and workmanship. After the purchase, Zambrano claimed that there were construction defects within the home, including popped nails in the drywall and issues with the home\u2019s foundation. Zambrano sued the homebuilder for breach of the implied warranty of workmanship and habitability. The homebuilder moved for summary judgment based on the waivers within the contract and the trial court, agreeing that the waivers applied, dismissed the case. Zambrano appealed and the appellate court reversed the trial court\u2019s decision. The appellate court specifically explained that Arizona has a public policy interest in protecting consumers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Supreme Court of Arizona upheld the appellate court\u2019s reversal and agreed that a waiver of the implied warranty of habitability and workmanship is against public policy. However, the state\u2019s high court provided different reasoning than the appellate court for its holding. The court described, in depth, the \u201cvastly unequal bargaining power, expertise, and knowledge\u201d that exists between a homebuilder and homebuyer. The court went on to say that a homebuyer must heavily rely on the builder\u2019s knowledge and skill. Further, homebuyers are not in a position to discover defects lurking within the walls, or those that are covered up during a normal home inspection. The court noted that if such warranty disclaimers were allowed, homebuilders would surely place the provision within every contract, leading to homes potentially sitting in disrepair forever. Further, public policy promotes builders using minimum standards of good workmanship, which conforms to a homebuyer\u2019s reasonable expectations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In continuing to uphold the implied warranty of workmanship and habitability, the Supreme Court of Arizona seeks to protect unknowing homebuyers from issues that might not reveal themselves for years. Thus, subrogation professionals practicing in Arizona and representing insured homebuyers should look for attempted contractual waivers of the warranty of workmanship and habitability and, if found, argue that the waivers are unenforceable because they are against public policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When one of your cases is in need of a construction expert, estimates, insurance appraisal or umpire services in defect or insurance disputes &#8211; please call Advise &amp; Consult, Inc. at 888.684.8305, or email <a href=\"mailto:experts@adviseandconsult.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">experts@adviseandconsult.net<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan Bennett | The Subrogation Strategist In\u00a0Zambrano v. M &amp; RC II LLC, et al., 2022 Ariz. LEXIS 309, the Supreme Court of Arizona held that a homebuilder and homebuyer could not waive or disclaim the implied warranty of workmanship and habitability. While the court would normally enforce a contract between two parties \u2013 even&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/implied-warranty-of-habitability-arizona\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Public Policy Prevails: Homebuilders and Homebuyers Cannot Agree to Disclaim Implied Warranty of Habitability in Arizona<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14],"tags":[9895,153,12,9981],"class_list":["post-900563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-2","tag-advise-consult","tag-arizona","tag-construction","tag-implied-warranty-of-habitability","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Public Policy Prevails: Homebuilders and Homebuyers Cannot Agree to Disclaim Implied Warranty of Habitability in Arizona - Advise &amp; 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