Dutra v. Kaplan

Appellant Jacqueline Dutra (“Dutra”) appeals a summary final judgment entered in favor of Appellee Dr. Chance Kaplan (“Kaplan”) based upon the trial court’s finding that the statute of limitations on Dutra’s claim, filed in 2009, had expired. We reverse. The limitations period for Dutra’s breach of contract claim began to run in 2009, and not in 2004, as argued by Kaplan. Therefore, Dutra timely brought her claim.

In 2002, the parties entered into a written agreement regarding their mutual purchase of a house. The agreement contained a provision regarding the disposition of the house in the…