Capco of Summerville, Inc. v. J.H. Gayle Construction Co.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a specific statutory provision prevails over a more general one
• holding the statute of repose bars a contribution action before the right has even accrued
• holding the statute of repose bars a contribution action before the right has even accrued
• declining to find a statute of limitation applying generally to contribution actions implicitly repealed a statute of repose that applied to specific contribution actions
• providing when one statute addresses an issue in general terms and another deals with the same issue in a more specific and definite manner, the more specific statute will prevail
• “A statute of limitations is a procedural device that operates as a defense to limit the remedy available from an existing cause of action. A statute of repose creates a substantive right in those protected to be free from liability after a legislatively determined period of time.”

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