All claims have an outside time limit. That is typically called a statute of limitations. That means that if a plaintiff does not file suit within the appropriate period of time, that person loses his or her right to file. In the construction industry, typically one has three and/or four years to file suit, depending on the theory of the case. However, because some defects in construction may not be visible (such as a defect being hidden behind a wall), there may be a longer time limit, generally 10 years. This is called the statute of limitations for filing suit on latent defects. Latent defects are generally defined as those that are not discoverable by normal inspection.
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