had a constuction company for 30 years....and I have retired from it 9 years ago.....In 2003 i built a deck for a costumer,,,,,He wrote me a...

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had a constuction company for 30 years....and I have retired from it 9 years ago.....In 2003 i built a deck for a costumer,,,,,He wrote me a letter today stating ,since day one the deck has not been right, say that the deck wasn't installed properly...It finally took 8 years later to contact me and tell me that the deck isn't right, and he is not happy

Answer

The statute of limitations for an action on a contract is six (6) years. For negligence it is three (3) years.

As long as you have not done anything within those time periods on the deck, you should have no liability.

Let him get a new contractor.