(January 3, 2018, 1:36 PM EST) -- BEAUFORT, S.C. — An architecture firm and general contractor cannot face claims for breach of contract and breach of express and implied warranties over alleged defects in the installation of the trusses of a community clubhouse, a federal judge in South Carolina ruled Dec. 27, finding that the clubhouse owner’s claims were barred by the state’s eight-year statute of repose (Hampton Hall LLC v. Chapman Coyle Chapman & Associates Architects AIA Inc., et al., No. 17-1575, D. S.C., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 211833)....