Nicholas Loyal | Stinson The Minnesota Supreme Court recently issued a decision that altered the rules on when the clock starts on a condo association’s right to bring a claim under Minnesota’s new home statutory warranties. Those warranties will now begin to run on the date the first unit in a building is sold, rather… Continue reading Turning Back the Clock: The New Timeline for Warranty Claims in Multi-Family Construction
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Developers Sometimes Draft Documents For Their Own Benefit
Daniel Miske | Husch Blackwell LLP | August 29, 2018 A Court in Colorado recently dealt with a developer who placed a provision in the declaration of a condominium association prohibiting amendment of the declaration – ever – without the declarant’s written consent, and requiring that all construction defect claims be resolved through arbitration (Vallagio… Continue reading Developers Sometimes Draft Documents For Their Own Benefit
Justices: Condo Association Can’t Reset Clock on Construction Defect Claim
Charles Toutant | New Jersey Law Journal | September 14, 2017 The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a condominium association can’t restart the clock on the six-year statute of limitations for construction defects after acquiring a former rental property. The justices reversed an Appellate Division ruling that found three suits filed against contractors by the Palisades at… Continue reading Justices: Condo Association Can’t Reset Clock on Construction Defect Claim
Pre-Litigation Requirements For Condo Associations
C. Todd Hewes | Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP | November 21, 2016 When general contractors, subcontractors, and design professionals face claims or lawsuits arising from original construction or remediation of condominium projects, one of the most important—and also sometimes one of the most difficult tasks—has always been to catalog, usually by unit number,… Continue reading Pre-Litigation Requirements For Condo Associations
NJ Trial Court Dismisses Condo Association’s Defect Claims
Matthew D. Stockwell – June 3, 2014 In late March, a trial court in Bergen County, New Jersey dismissed a condominium association’s construction defect claims against several construction entities for failure to comply with the applicable statute of limitations. This decision’s appellate aftermath will be interesting to follow, because the trial court stripped away some… Continue reading NJ Trial Court Dismisses Condo Association’s Defect Claims