Do “As Is” and Integration Clauses in Purchase Agreements Prohibit Claims of Fraud?
For the first time in about a decade, the Michigan Court of Appeals issued a published opinion in a seller disclosure case, this time focusing on “as is” and integration clauses. See Coosard v Tarrant, ___ Mich App ___; ___ NW2d (2022). The purchasers claimed the seller failed to disclose a property-line dispute. The seller argued the area was known to be troublesome for property line disputes, and the answer in his seller's disclosure statement -- that encroachments were “