Couple’s Negligence Claim Over Defectively Installed Roof Prescribed, Judge Says

Mealey's (April 1, 2019, 2:03 PM EDT) -- LAKE CHARLES, La. — A federal judge in Louisiana on March 27 ruled that while Lowe’s Home Centers LLC was entitled to summary judgment on a couple’s tort claim arising from the allegedly defective installation of the roof on their home because the cause of action was prescribed by the state’s one-year limitations period, the couple’s complaint supports a claim for breach of contract against the retailer (Elmo Green, et al. v. Lowe’s Home Centers LLC, No. 16-cv-0698, W.D. La., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 53363)....