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JERE HINMAN,
Plaintiff,
v.
VALLEYCREST LANDSCAPING DEVELOPMENT, INC., et al.
Defendants,
BRIGHTVIEW LANDSCAPE DEVELOPMENT, INC.,
Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
GEORGIA GUNITE AND POOL COMPANY, INC.,
Third Party Defendant-Appellee. |
No. 22-6019 |
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee at Nashville.
No. 3:19-cv-00551—Aleta Arthur Trauger, District Judge.
Argued: December 7, 2023
Decided and Filed: January 2, 2024
Before: BUSH, LARSEN, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.
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OPINION
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LARSEN, Circuit Judge. A customer sued BrightView Landscape Development, Inc.,
for alleged faulty construction of a residential pool. BrightView believed that Georgia Gunite
and Pool Company, Inc., a subcontractor that performed work on the pool, was liable for any
damages it might have to pay the customer. So BrightView filed a third-party complaint to bring
Georgia Gunite into the case. The district court granted Georgia Gunite’s subsequent motion for
summary judgment, concluding that a Tennessee statute of repose precluded BrightView’s
third-party action. BrightView appeals. For the reasons that follow, we AFFIRM. |
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