Court Opinion

ID: 9505273
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-06 20:03:00.919527+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:04:22.652914
License: Public Domain

DICKSON, Justice,
concurring.
It should be noted that the Court today enforces a contractual provision shortening the time in which to bring an action for breach of a contract requiring installation of a perimeter drain around a mobile home foundation. This does not involve a contractual provision attempting to shorten a statutory limitation period for personal injury actions. The contract at issue is not an insurance policy. And there is no claim that it is a contract of adhesion.
In fact, the plaintiffs do not dispute the one-year limitation period provided in the contract. Rather, it appears that the sole issue is the construction of the contractual provision "after the occurrence of that breach" that triggers the one year period. Appellant's App'x. at 55. The defendant appeals the trial court's decision to apply a discovery rule rather than to follow the contractual language. I concur with the Court's decision today to enforce the plain language of the parties' contract.