Legal Opinion
Zapata v. Burns
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided May 17, 1988No. 13014; 13025; 13027; 13029; 13031; 13040; 13042PublishedCited by 119 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHull, J.
These consolidated cases arise out of the collapse, on June 28,1983, of a suspended span of the Mianus River Bridge on the Connecticut Turnpike (1-95) in Greenwich. The dispositive issue is the constitutionality, under both the state and federal constitutions, of General Statutes § 52-584a which bars actions against architects and engineers seven years after substantial completion of a project, irrespective of whether a claim has arisen by that time.1
*498As a result of the collapse of the bridge, three people were killed and three were injured, resulting in these actions for damages against the…
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