Anastasiya Collins | SDV Insights How much time do our clients have to bring a bad faith action against an insurer? Although we are not frequently asked this question, it is one that we constantly analyze before asserting a bad faith claim. To answer this question, we look to the statute of limitations, which is… Continue reading Statute of Limitations and Bad Faith Claims: Factors to Consider
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Statute of Limitations and Bad Faith Claims: Factors to Consider
Anastasiya Collins | Saxe Doernberger & Vita How much time do our clients have to bring a bad faith action against an insurer? Although we are not frequently asked this question, it is one that we constantly analyze before asserting a bad faith claim. To answer this question, we look to the statute of limitations,… Continue reading Statute of Limitations and Bad Faith Claims: Factors to Consider
Tick Tock: Don’t Let the Statute of Repose or Limitations Time Periods Run on Your Construction Claims
Gus Sara | The Subrogation Strategist In Wascher v. ABC Ins. Co., No. 2020AP1961, 2022 Wisc. App. LEXIS 110 (Feb. 9, 2022), the Court of Appeals of Wisconsin considered whether the plaintiffs were barred — by Wisconsin’s 10-year statute of repose for improvements to real property claims and the six-year statute of limitations for breach of contract… Continue reading Tick Tock: Don’t Let the Statute of Repose or Limitations Time Periods Run on Your Construction Claims
Do Not Ignore Construction Defect Claims if You Are on Inquiry Notice
Ryan A. Bennett | White and Williams In Ryan Altenbaugh, et al. v. Benchmark Builders Inc., et al., No. 120, 2021, 2022 Del. LEXIS 24, the Supreme Court of Delaware recently affirmed the lower court’s ruling that the statute of limitations barred the homeowners’ negligent construction claims. Although the court applied the discovery rule to toll… Continue reading Do Not Ignore Construction Defect Claims if You Are on Inquiry Notice
Proposed Changes To Florida’s Statutes Of Limitations And Repose Would Greatly Impact Construction Defect Litigation
Elizabeth Ferguson and Taylor A. Naughton | Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin A new bill has been proposed in the Florida Legislature that would amend the statutes of limitations and repose greatly impacting construction defect litigation. The original bill proposed to rewrite Fla. Stat. 95.11(3)(c) by completely eliminating the ten-year statute of repose for… Continue reading Proposed Changes To Florida’s Statutes Of Limitations And Repose Would Greatly Impact Construction Defect Litigation