Court Opinion

ID: 9598062
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 01:04:49.288621+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:28:11.254617
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*816Judge VAUGHN
concurring in part and dissenting in part to the decision in Simmons v. C. W. Myers Trading Post which begins on page 549.
I agree that it was error to exclude plaintiffs testimony as to value.
I respectfully disagree and dissent from that portion of the opinion holding that defendant’s alleged failure to make the repair is a violation of G.S. 25A-20, so as to trigger a treble damage claim under G.S. 25A-44(4).
The agreement does not alter the terms of any express warranty. The only warranty in the contract is, in substance, as follows. The property is leased “as is,” except that defendant will make the following repairs:
“fix faucet, thermostat, bath door, 2 glass in windows, washing machine, h.w. heater, cabinet doors, floors, fix bottom refrigerator, stove needs top. broken window in front bedroom, put caps over vents in back of front bedroom.”
Plaintiff alleges the repairs were not made. Defendant contends they were all made. A breach of the contract to make the repairs is not an unfair trade practice under G.S. 25A-44. Plaintiff is only entitled to recover her damages, if any, flowing from that alleged breach.