North Carolina Panel Overturns General Contractors’ Summary Judgment Award

(January 3, 2017, 3:08 PM EST) -- RALEIGH, N.C. — A trial court judge erred in finding that general contractors were not estopped from arguing that a couple’s claims stemming from windows that leaked in their home were barred by the statute of repose, a North Carolina appellate panel ruled Dec. 30, finding that genuine issues of material fact exist as to whether the contractors knew that the windows were improperly installed (Peter Buffa, et al. v. Cygnature Construction and Development Inc., et al., No. COA16-237, N.C. App.; 2016 N.C. App. LEXIS 1334)....

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