Maintenance Obligations on a 30-Year-Old Project Let an Owner Sidestep Tennessee’s Statute of Repose

Mason Rollins | BuildSmart In Tri-State Insur. Co. of Minn. a/s/o Campus Chalet, Inc. v. East Tennessee Sprinkler Company, Inc., the Court of Appeals of Tennessee recently addressed whether the state’s four-year statute of repose could shield a contractor from liability in 2020 where the initial construction project was completed in 1992. The court found that… Continue reading Maintenance Obligations on a 30-Year-Old Project Let an Owner Sidestep Tennessee’s Statute of Repose

How Long Is Too Long? What Statutes of Repose Mean for Your Liability Exposure

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

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