Burke County Public Schools Board of Education v. Juno Construction Corp.

Plaintiff brought this action for damages alleging that defendants failed to properly install the roof on the Freedom High School building in Burke County. Plaintiff had contracted with the architectural firm of The Shaver Partnership for the design of the building. Defendant Juno was the general contractor and it subcontracted the roofing work to defendant Statesville. Statesville entered into an “Agreement to Maintain Roofing” as required by the contract between plaintiff and Juno.

In their answers defendants alleged, inter alia, that any defect in the roof was caused by deficiency in the…