Homebuilder’s Claims Sound In Tort, Barred By Statute Of Repose, Judge Says

Mealey's (January 25, 2021, 5:36 PM EST) -- BOSTON — A federal judge in Massachusetts on Jan. 22 granted a siding subcontractor’s motion for partial summary judgment, finding that a homebuilder’s causes of action over defects in the work that allowed the pipes of the fire sprinkler system to freeze resulting in $242,636.71 in damages sounded in tort and are barred by the six-year statute of repose....