Statutes of Limitations | Florida Construction Law Update

A Tale of Two Districts: Florida Courts Split on the Application of Relation Back To Add Third Party Defendants As Direct Defendants After Expiration of the Statute of Limitations

By Stephen Stukey on August 27th, 2012 Posted in Architects, Construction, Contractors, Negligence, Statutes of Limitations, Subcontractors, Uncategorized

The situation is a familiar one. An Owner of a completed construction project notifies the Architect and/or General Contractor of alleged construction deficiencies at a Project. Review by the Architect reveals that the alleged deficiencies, if true, relate to the work of its sub-consultants (or in the case of a General Contractor his subcontractors). The… Continue Reading

S.O.L on Claims Against Subcontractors for Latent Defects

By Christopher Burrows on May 25th, 2012 Posted in Construction, Contractors, Statutes of Limitations

The case of Joel and Marcia Hochberg v. Thomas Carter Painting, Inc., 36 Fla.L. Weekly D1200f, addresses the point of time at which the statute of limitations begins to run in latent defects cases. In 2000, homeowners, Joel and Marcia Hochberg, hired a general contractor to construct a new home for them, and the general contractor… Continue Reading

Time’s up!: Florida Supreme Court may Consider Statute of Limitations Dispute in Multi-Party Construction Defect Claim

By Alejandro Perez on April 26th, 2012 Posted in Construction, Engineers, Statutes of Limitations, Subcontractors

Time’s up! That’s never a phrase we want to hear. It evinces memories of school tests and entrance exams. Well, in the legal arena, deadlines are all the more critical. Litigants often fight over filing deadlines for cases, or statutes of limitation, in the prosecution and defense of claims. Most recently, the First District Court… Continue Reading