5788 amended again

[Harold E. Miller]

Originally Posted by lcapaul

According to some of your earlier arguments James, licensing will cure the problem of referrals, you said that Realtors will be so afraid of being sued over favoritism that they will simply hand their clients a complete list of licensed Inspectors.

To me the article is about Inspector negligence and the fact that the people have no one to turn to other than Lawyers. Under the proposed Washinton Law they could make a complaint to the State and the Inspectors License could be revoked, especially if he refused or could not pay for the required repairs.

Actually in this case the Inspector has E&O, the case is over Limits of Liability, his contract limited his to the cost of the inspection, the Insurance company says the Moltz's only deserve $300, but they wanted much more than even the costs of repairs. It will be interesting what the courts come up with, the decision will effect many Home Inspectors in Washington State.

I agree this case is not about consumer fraud...this is about an inspector who didn't perform a thorough inspection, and missed serious defects. (negligence)
...At least according to the KIRO 7 investigators, who would never exaggerate to sell their story. ....or would they?

So here is the Moltzs' agent, who was new at the time, and learned a valuable lesson....don't refer inspectors that miss serious defects. I bet if she refers any inspectors at all, she has done her homework.

BTW this was a NAHI inspector.....why didn't he just offer to repair the damage? ..its allowed by his COE