Case Name: Octavio VALDES et ux., and Osvaldo Lopez et ux., Appellants, v. WESTERN KNAPP ENGINEERING COMPANY et al., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1980-05-06
Citations: 382 So. 2d 1371
Docket Number: Nos. 79-534, 79-535
Parties: Octavio VALDES et ux., and Osvaldo Lopez et ux., Appellants, v. WESTERN KNAPP ENGINEERING COMPANY et al., Appellees.
Judges: Before BARKDULL, HUBBART and SCHWARTZ, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 382
Pages: 1371–1372

Head Matter:
Octavio VALDES et ux., and Osvaldo Lopez et ux., Appellants, v. WESTERN KNAPP ENGINEERING COMPANY et al., Appellees.
Nos. 79-534, 79-535.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
May 6, 1980.
Horton, Perse & Ginsberg, Carroll & Hal-berg, Miami, for appellants.
Carey, Dwyer, Cole, Selwood & Bernard and Steven R. Berger, Miami, for appellees.
Before BARKDULL, HUBBART and SCHWARTZ, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The plaintiffs appeal from a summary judgment holding that their claims, as against one of the defendants below, Western Knapp Engineering Company, were absolutely precluded by the running of the 12-year statute of limitation contained in Section 95.11(3)(c), Florida Statutes (1977). Subsequent to the entry of the order below, the supreme court held in Overland Construction Co. v. Sirmons, 369 So.2d 572 (Fla. 1979) that the statute could not constitutionally be applied to bar a cause of action which, like the one in this case, did not accrue until after the statutory period had already elapsed. In the light of the Sir-mons case, the appellee, Western Knapp, has candidly and commendably confessed error. Pursuant thereto, the judgment under review is
Reversed.