Jeffrey Bright | Offit Kurman How long are you on the hook for defects in a completed construction project? It’s a question that keeps many contractors and design professionals up at night—and for good reason. No project is flawless, and the duration of responsibility for construction or design defects depends on numerous factors, including the… Continue reading How Long Is Too Long? What Statutes of Repose Mean for Your Liability Exposure
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Statutes of Repose: Protecting the Pantheon’s Builders After Nearly 2,000 Years
John Mark Goodman | BuildSmart Even though construction cases often involve colorful facts, legal opinions are often quite boring. When a judge writes a colorful opinion about an otherwise boring case, we tip our hat. This week we tip our hat to Judge Brandon Harrison and colleagues on the Arkansas Court of Appeals for their opinion… Continue reading Statutes of Repose: Protecting the Pantheon’s Builders After Nearly 2,000 Years
Colorado Legislature Considers Pair of Bills Which May Impact Colorado Construction Defect Claims – What Homebuilders Need to Know
Blake Jackson and Amanda McKinlay | Snell & Wilmer The Colorado General Assembly is considering a pair of bills which would modify the liability and exposure of homebuilders in Colorado. HB24-1230: Protections for Real Property Owners, introduced in the House of Representatives, aims to further protect homeowners by expanding the statute of repose under which a… Continue reading Colorado Legislature Considers Pair of Bills Which May Impact Colorado Construction Defect Claims – What Homebuilders Need to Know
Proposed State Legislation Would Nearly Double the Statute of Repose under the Colorado Construction Defect Action Reform Act and Expand Plaintiffs’ Rights
Jed Sonnenshein and Rachel Van Amburg | Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti While Colorado struggles with an ongoing housing supply deficit and potential buyers grapple with interest rate resistant prices and higher costs of borrowing, local and state governments are entertaining all kinds of potential solutions to Colorado’s affordable and attainable housing issues, including… Continue reading Proposed State Legislation Would Nearly Double the Statute of Repose under the Colorado Construction Defect Action Reform Act and Expand Plaintiffs’ Rights
Recent Florida Legislative Changes Shorten Both Statute of Limitation (“SOL”) and Statute of Repose (“SOR”) for Construction Defect Claims
Holly A. Rice | SDV Insights The Florida Legislature and Governor DeSantis passed Senate Bill 360, effective April 13, 2023, which imposes significant changes to Florida’s statute of limitation (“SOL”) and statute of repose (“SOR”) periods prescribed in Florida Statute § 95.11. In short, the SOL and SOR periods will commence earlier and run earlier,… Continue reading Recent Florida Legislative Changes Shorten Both Statute of Limitation (“SOL”) and Statute of Repose (“SOR”) for Construction Defect Claims