Legal Opinion
Phillips v. ABC Builders, Inc.
Wyoming Supreme Court
Decided May 21, 1980No. 5233PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RAPER, Chief Justice.
This appeal directly challenges the constitutionality of a statute, enacted by the legislature in 1973, which immunizes a class of defendants from certain enumerated liabilities 10 years after substantial completion of any improvement to real property. Section 1-3-111, W.S.1977:
“(a) No action to recover damages, whether in tort, contract or otherwise, shall be brought more than ten (10) years after substantial completion of an improvement to real property, against any person performing or furnishing the design, planning, supervision, construction or supervision of…
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