Brock v. Garner Window & Door Sales, Inc.
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Per curiam
After their home sustained water intrusion damage, Appellants, Lawrence and Laura Brock, sued the company that installed the windows on their home. The installer, Garner Window & Door Sales, Inc. (“Appellee”), successfully raised a statute of limitations defense. We agree with the trial court that the four-year statute of limitations related to the construction of an improvement to property, rather than the’general five-year statute for actions founded on a written contract, controls. We also agree that Appellee was not precluded from raising this defense by virtue of its purported lack of…
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