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Contracts

Jul. 9, 2004

Courts Differ Over Who Can Sue for Construction Defects

Focus Column -Construction Defects - By Daniel Lee Jacobson - When it comes to construction defects, in whom does the right to sue in tort accrue - the original owner of a piece of real property or the subsequent owner? An examination of three leading state Court of Appeal cases reveals that there are two opposing answers to this question.

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