People Ex Rel. Skinner v. Graham

In this appeal we consider the propriety of the trial court’s dismissal of a 15-count complaint seeking damages for defects in the design and construction of the ill-fated Capitol Area Vocational Center (center).

Defendants James Graham, Paul O’Shea, August Wisnosky, and Thomas Hyde are Springfield architects associated with Graham, O’Shea and Wisnosky Architects and Planners, Inc. (now Graham, O’Shea, and Hyde Architects, Inc.). Defendants David Hoffman, Louis Saur, Thomas Eckelman, and William Obrock are St. Louis architects associated with the entities bearing their names. These two…