Legal Opinion
City School District v. Hugh Stubbins & Associates, Inc.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 2, 1995PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Kaye.
When a defectively assembled pipe fitting bursts, damaging a library’s book collection, can the library sue those responsible for design and construction of the building some 15 years earlier? Because the rule is settled that an owner’s cause of action accrues against a builder upon completion of construction, and we perceive no basis to apply a different rule where a cause of action rests on damage to personal rather than real property, we conclude that plaintiff’s cause of action was time-barred.
In 1972 or 1973, the Urban Development Corporation agreed…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Enco Associates, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1977
- Ossining Union Free School District v. AndersonNew York Court of Appeals · 1989
- In re the Arbitration between Paver & Wildfoerster & Catholic High School Ass'nNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- State v. LundinNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- Cabrini Medical Center v. DesinaNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
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3Cited by60 opinions
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- Monson v. Paramount Homes, Inc.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 1999
- Haber v. GutmannAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
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