Homeowners hired a contractor through a city rehabilitation program to repair their home. Work was completed November 1, 1985, but the homeowners discovered defects in February 1986 and sued under consumer protection laws. The court ruled their lawsuit was filed too late—they had two years from when they discovered (or should have discovered) the defects to sue, and waiting three months past completion was too long.
The two-year statute of limitations for consumer protection claims starts when defects are discovered or should have been discovered, not when the lawsuit is filed