Homebuilder’s Timeliness Challenge In Defects Suit Premature, Judge Rules

Mealey's (June 25, 2020, 1:31 PM EDT) -- PITTSBURGH — A federal judge in Pennsylvania on June 22 overruled a homebuilder’s arguments that a breach of contract claim in a construction defects suit is barred by a one-year limitations period in the purchase agreement, holding that discovery is needed to determine the applicability of the repair doctrine and whether the limitations period is “manifestly unreasonable” (Laura Catena, et al. v. NVR Inc. doing business as Heartland Homes of PA, No. 20-CV-00160-MJH, W.D. Pa., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 108921)....