{"id":897478,"date":"2020-05-19T10:42:24","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T16:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/?p=897478"},"modified":"2020-05-19T10:42:25","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T16:42:25","slug":"florida-pre-suit-notice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/florida-pre-suit-notice\/","title":{"rendered":"Not so Fast \u2013 Florida\u2019s Legislature Overrules Gindel\u2019s Pre-Suit Notice\/Tolling Decision Related to the Construction Defect Statute of Repose"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Rahul Gogineni | White and Williams<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As discussed in a\u00a0prior blog post,<\/a> in\u00a0Gindel v. Centex Homes<\/em>, 2018 Fla.App. LEXIS 13019, Florida\u2019s Fourth District Court of Appeal held that when the plaintiffs provided a pre-suit notice<\/a> in compliance with \u00a7558.004 of Florida\u2019s construction defect Right-to-Cure statute, Fla. Stat. \u00a7\u00a7 558.001 to 558.005, et. seq., they commenced a \u201ccivil action or proceeding,\u201d i.e. an \u201caction,\u201d within the meaning of Florida\u2019s construction defect Statute of Repose, Florida Statue \u00a7 95.11(3)(c). Thus, the court held that the plaintiffs commenced their action prior to the time Florida\u2019s 10-year statute of repose period ended. In overturning the lower court\u2019s dismissal of the action, the court found that because the Right-to-Cure statute, \u00a7558 of the Florida Statutes, sets out a series of mandatory steps that must be taken prior to bringing a judicial action, filing pre-suit notice of claim sufficiently constituted an \u201caction\u201d for purposes of Florida\u2019s Statute of Repose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For various reasons, the parties appealed the decision to the Supreme Court of Florida. In July of 2019, before the Florida Supreme Court could decide whether to hear the case, the Florida legislature passed legislation that effectively overruled the decision. To overrule the decision, the Florida Legislature modified \u00a7 558.004 of Florida\u2019s Right-to-Cure statute to expressly state that a notice of claim served pursuant to the Right-to-Cure statute does not toll the 10-year statute of repose period for construction claims. See<\/em> Fla. Stat.
\u00a7 558.004(d).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article serves as a good reminder that some jurisdictions have Right-to-Cure statutes and that you should take into consideration their impact on a jurisdiction\u2019s Statute of Repose. Additionally, it is always good to stay abreast on possible changes in the law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rahul Gogineni | White and Williams As discussed in a\u00a0prior blog post, in\u00a0Gindel v. Centex Homes, 2018 Fla.App. LEXIS 13019, Florida\u2019s Fourth District Court of Appeal held that when the plaintiffs provided a pre-suit notice in compliance with \u00a7558.004 of Florida\u2019s construction defect Right-to-Cure statute, Fla. Stat. \u00a7\u00a7 558.001 to 558.005, et. seq., they commenced… Continue reading Not so Fast \u2013 Florida\u2019s Legislature Overrules Gindel\u2019s Pre-Suit Notice\/Tolling Decision Related to the Construction Defect Statute of Repose<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,172],"tags":[9895,19,94,9906,11164],"class_list":["post-897478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-defects","category-construction-law-2","tag-advise-consult","tag-construction-defects-2","tag-florida","tag-pre-suit-notice","tag-right-to-cure-statute","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\nNot so Fast \u2013 Florida\u2019s Legislature Overrules Gindel\u2019s Pre-Suit Notice\/Tolling Decision Related to the Construction Defect Statute of Repose - 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