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• EASTON V STRASSBURGER
  
  The duty of the licensee to make a reasonable investigation of the property evolved from the case of Easton v. Strassburger (1984). As the leading case on this issue, the courts decision sent the message "loud and clear" to all real estate licensees that their responsibility does not stop at a mere disclosure of material facts known to the licensee. Easton filed suit against Strassburger, the real estate agency and others for fraudulent concealment and intentional misrepresentation regarding potential soil problems and a resulting slide on the property.
  
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