Couple: Wrong Prescription Period Was Applied To Defective Windows Claim

(April 1, 2020, 11:32 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A couple tell the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in a March 10 reply brief that a portion of a jury’s verdict that concluded that their redhibitory defect claim against the maker of windows installed on their home was prescribed should be vacated because the prescription period for redhibitory defect claims begins on the date the defect is discovered (Ronald Leo, et al. v. Jeld-Wen Inc., No. 19-30761, 5th Cir.)....