Lawrence ex rel. Situated v. Gen. Panel Corp.

JUSTICE FEW :

This Court accepted the following certified question from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina:

Did South Carolina Act 27 of 2005 amend section 15-3-640 of the South Carolina Code (Supp. 2018) so that, in an action for damages based upon a defective improvement to new-construction real property, the date of "substantial completion of the *801improvement" is measured from the date of the certificate of occupancy (unless the parties establish a different date by written agreement), superseding the Supreme Court of South Carolina's decision in Ocean Winds…