Liability of Contractor to Second Purchaser

Under Alabama law, a second purchaser of a home cannot bring a claim for defects against the contractor who originally built the home. Boackle v. Bedwell Const. Co., Inc., No. 1980392, 2000 WL 378191 (Ala. April 14, 2000); Wells v. Clower’s Construction Co., 476 So. 2d 105 (Ala. 1985); Wooldridge v. Rowe, 477 So. 2d 296 (Ala. 1985); Lee v. Clark & Associates Real Estate, Inc., 512 So. 2d 42, 45 (Ala. 1987) (disallowing recovery to subsequent purchaser against builder under “any theory” because “we are not inclined to depart from the longstanding role that the doctrine of caveat emptor applies to subsequent purchasers of a house”).