Judge Finds Suit Over Missing Rebar In Parking Garage Is Untimely

(October 12, 2015, 9:41 AM EDT) -- GULFPORT, Miss. — Allegations asserted by the owners of the Silver Slipper Casino that the architect and builder of the complex defectively built the parking garage by failing to install reinforced steel (rebar) in the pour strip locations at each level are barred by the statute of limitations and Mississippi’s statute of repose, a federal judge in Mississippi ruled Oct. 5, finding that the plaintiffs were unable to show that the defendants engaged in fraudulent concealment (Full House Resorts Inc., et al. v. Boggs & Poole Contracting Group Inc., et al., No. 14cv223-KS-MTP, S.D. Miss.; 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 135383)....