Legal Opinion
Weston v. McWilliams & Associates, Inc.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided June 29, 2006No. A04-1251PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HANSON, Justice.
This appeal requires us to determine the proper application of the statute of repose to contribution and indemnity claims by a general contractor against subcontractors or material suppliers arising out of an improvement to real property. The statute of repose applicable here is the 2002 version of section 541.051, which provides in part as follows:
Except where fraud is involved, no action by any person in contract, tort, or otherwise to recover damages for any injury to property, real or personal, or for bodily injury or wrongful death, arising out of the defective and…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Thiele v. StichSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1988
- Pacific Indemnity Co. v. Thompson-Yaeger, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
- Martin v. RicheyIndiana Supreme Court · 1999
- O'BRIEN v. Hazelet & ErdalMichigan Supreme Court · 1980
- Blaske v. Smith & Entzeroth, Inc.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1991
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