Ferrante Immobiliare, LLC v. Pace

*464Plaintiffs argue that because Vanguard never substantially completed its work under the contract, the statute of limitations never commenced to run, and that the March 30, 2005 settlement agreement does not necessarily mark the accrual date of their negligence and breach of contract claims since neither a certificate of substantial performance nor a final certificate for payment has ever been issued by the architect Pace as required by the original contract. These arguments are without merit.

In their original complaint, in which the claims of negligence and breach of contract were only…