CARTER v. DUHE

No. 2005-CC-0390.

921 So.2d 963 (2006)

Jerome and Pamela CARTER v. Glen DUHE, Duhe Construction, Inc., Certainteed Roofing Company, and Jackson Insurance Company.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 19, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blue Williams, LLP, Richard Stephen Vale, Donald C. Douglas, Jr., Mandeville, for applicant.

Phelps Dunbar, LLP, Neil Charles Abramson, New Orleans, Adams & Reese, LLP, Megan Elizabeth Haggerty, for respondent.

Nancy A. Richeaux, Sharon Baskin Kyle, Baton Rouge, James Leslie Hilburn, for Amicus Curiae, Louisiana Home Builders Association, Inc.


VICTORY, J.*

The issue in this case is whether a builder's failure to provide the owners of a newly constructed home with written notice of the requirements of the New Home Warranty Act ("NHWA") renders the NHWA inapplicable to a suit by the owners against the builder alleging defects in the construction of the home. After reviewing the record and the applicable law, we reverse the decision of the court of appeal and hold that the NHWA...

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