Construction
Oct. 2, 2004
'Siegel' Court Supports Rule of 'Accrual at Time of Discovery'
Focus Column - Construction Law - By Terri Brown - Should the subsequent owner of a home containing latent construction defects be allowed to maintain an action in tort against a builder if he or she is the first to discover previously appreciable but undetected harm? That is the issue with which the 5th District Court of Appeal was faced in Siegel v. Anderson Homes, 118 Cal.App.4th 994 (May 20, 2004).
Construction Law
By Terri Brown
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