by Kent Holland | Feb 14, 2019 | Newsletter Article
A breach of implied warranty of habitability suit against a homebuilder is held to be a breach of contract action rather than a tort (negligence) action and the statute of limitations/statute of repose period applicable to breach of contract (running 4 years from date...
by Kent Holland | May 13, 2018 | Newsletter Article
A homeowner sued the architect and contractor that designed and installed their metal roof, alleging defects due to negligence and breach of contract. The work was done 13 years before suit was filed. Just a year after installation the roof began leaking. The...
by Kent Holland | Feb 7, 2018 | Newsletter Article
A crane operator that sustained injuries when his crane tipped over filed a professional negligence claim against an engineering firm. The complaint was filed two days before the running of the statute of limitations and failed to include a certificate of merit that...
by Kent Holland | Feb 7, 2018 | Newsletter Article
A contract provision in a homeowner contract with a furnace maintenance company shortened from the statutory three years to just one year, the time period for bringing a claim against the company. The homeowner filed suit against the company more than a year after...
by Kent Holland | Jul 26, 2017 | indemnification clause, Newsletter Article
By: J. Kent Holland, Jr. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia affirmed a U.S. District Court decision that granted summary judgment to an engineer, holding that the statute of limitations had run on a breach of contract action, and the...
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