A lawsuit over the sale of a snake-infested house in Annapolis has been settled.
Jody and Jeff Brooks talk about their snake problem in their home on May 27, 2015 in Beechwood, Md. The couple says their real estate agent knew their future home was infested with snakes but sold it to them anyway. The couple filed a $2 million lawsuit in 2015, saying their family was driven out because the home was crawling with snakes.
(Paul W. Gillespie/Capital Gazette via AP)
Paul W. Gillespie/Capital Gazette via AP
Bags of insulation is removed from the home that belongs to Jeff and Jody Brooks on May 27, 2015 in Beechwood, Md. The couple says their real estate agent knew their future home was infested with snakes but sold it to them anyway. The couple filed a $2 million lawsuit in 2015, saying their family was driven out because the home was crawling with snakes.
(Paul W. Gillespie/Capital Gazette via AP)
Paul W. Gillespie/Capital Gazette via AP
Jeff Brooks, armed with a machete and a cell phone flash light looks into an area he believes is one of the snake nests in the basement on May 27, 2015 in Beechwood, Md. Jeff and Jody Brooks says their real estate agent knew their future home was infested with snakes but sold it to them anyway. The couple filed a $2 million lawsuit in 2015, saying their family was driven out because the home was crawling with snakes.
(Paul W. Gillespie/Capital Gazette via AP)
Paul W. Gillespie/Capital Gazette via AP
This May 27, 2015 photo shows a couple of dead baby snakes on a glue trap in the basement in a home that Jeff and Jody Brooks purchased in Beechwood, Md. Jeff and Jody Brooks says their real estate agent knew their future home was infested with snakes but sold it to them anyway. The couple filed a $2 million lawsuit in 2015, saying their family was driven out because the home was crawling with snakes.
(Paul W. Gillespie/Capital Gazette via AP)
Paul W. Gillespie/Capital Gazette via AP
Snake skins are displayed that have found in the home purchased by Jeff and Jody Brooks, on May 27, 2015 in Beechwood, Md. The couple says their real estate agent knew their future home was infested with snakes but sold it to them anyway. The couple filed a $2 million lawsuit in 2015, saying their family was driven out because the home was crawling with snakes.
(Paul W. Gillespie/Capital Gazette via AP)
The Capital Gazette (http://bit.ly/2f6aY7m ) of Annapolis reports that Barbara Johnson Palmer, an attorney for real estate agent Barbara Van Horn, confirmed Tuesday that a confidential settlement had been reached.
In 2015, Jeffrey and Jody Brooks filed a $2 million lawsuit against Van Horn of Champion Realty Inc. over the purchase of the home. The couple bought the house in December 2014 and found it to be infested with black rat snakes four months later.
Van Horn denied knowing about the snakes.
The Brooks’ attorney, Genevieve Lindner, filed to voluntarily dismiss the suit in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court on Nov. 9. The case was dismissed days before it was set for trial Nov. 14.
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Information from: The Capital, http://www.capitalgazette.com/
