Mealey's (February 5, 2018, 12:35 PM EST) -- BEAUFORT, S.C. — A federal judge in South Carolina on Feb. 1 upheld his earlier ruling finding that the state’s eight-year statute of repose barred breach of contract and breach of express and implied warranties claims asserted against an architecture firm and contractor accused of construction defects, finding that alleged building code violations did not toll the statute (Hampton Hall LLC v. Chapman Coyle Chapman & Associates Architects AIA Inc., et al., No. 17-1575, D. S.C., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17795)....