Bruce v Housing Corporation of New Zealand - [1982] 2 NZLR 28

Negligence — Duty of care — Breach of duty — Housing Corporation approved construction of new fibreglass design and lent plaintiff money on mortgage to build house — Design proved faulty in failing to provide for adequate ventilation — Condensation rendered house uninhabitable and beyond economic repair — Company who had promoted the house design was insolvent — Whether Corporation owed plaintiff a duty of care — Whether Corporation was in breach of such a duty.