[RPPTL-constructionlaw] RPPTL: Construction Law Committee-:Surety & Insurance Subcommittee

Mon Aug 8 10:57:25 PDT 2011

Actually, it’s an additional five years – the statute of repose is 10 years now.

From: constructionlaw-bounces at lists.flabarrpptl.org [mailto:constructionlaw-bounces at lists.flabarrpptl.org] On Behalf Of Weintraub, Lee
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Yeah, but the tradeoff is the surety loses the additional ten years of exposure for latent defects that it would have faced under 95.11(3)(c)  

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From: constructionlaw-bounces at lists.flabarrpptl.org [mailto:constructionlaw-bounces at lists.flabarrpptl.org] On Behalf Of Gibbons, Michael
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 1:48 PM
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  If one assumes that Fla. Stat. s. 95.11(2)(b) is the applicable SOL on a claim against a performance bond (as the parties and appellate courts evidently did), then the Federal Insurance decision is understandable.  The puzzler for most, however, is why 95.11(2)(b) was utilized by counsel and the courts for SOL analysis when the more specific 95.11(3)(c) exists and also applies.

  One of the notable illogical results of the Federal Insurance decision is that liability on a performance bond for patent defects actually exceeds liability on the underlying construction contract.  Assuming that the more specific 4 year SOL applies to an action for breach of contract on a construction contract, the SOL on a patent condition or early manifesting latent condition would expire after 4 years while exposure on a performance bond claim would exist for another year.  So,  liability on the bond exceeds liability on the underlying construction contract (which turns centuries of surety law on its head).

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From: constructionlaw-bounces at lists.flabarrpptl.org [mailto:constructionlaw-bounces at lists.flabarrpptl.org] On Behalf Of Ty G. Thompson
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Subject: [RPPTL-constructionlaw] RPPTL: Construction Law Committee -: Surety & Insurance Subcommittee

Hi everyone, 

I was on a conference call and couldn’t get off to give the subcommittee report.  Since I didn’t have anything to report since last meeting, perhaps this will do.  Chris, thank you very much for your presentation and paper!

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