Law360 Canada ( April 10, 2018, 8:48 AM EDT) -- Claim by the plaintiff vendor, Wang, for payment of the deposit and damages from the failed sale of a property. Counterclaim by the defendant purchaser, Shao, for return of the deposit and damages for breach of contract. Wang entered into a contract of purchase and sale with Shao for the purchase of a residential property for the price of $6,138,000. Shao failed to complete the purchase and Wang sold the property to another buyer for the price of $5,500,000. Wang said Shao breached the contract and claimed that she was entitled to the deposit of $300,000 and additional damages of $338,000. Shao submitted that Wang's failure to disclose the violent death of her son-in-law, Huang, at or near the front of the property entitled her to repudiate the contract. Shao contended that the death was a material defect in the property as Huang was a gang member. Alternatively, Shao said Wang owed her a duty to make full and complete disclosure of all material facts regarding the property, including Huang's involvement in organized crime and his unsolved murder. She maintained that Huang's violent death was a latent defect that rendered the property dangerous, or potentially dangerous, to its occupants. Shao counterclaimed for repayment of the deposit and for damages for breach of contract to compensate her for the costs of legal advice and representation....