Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. M.A. Mortenson Companies
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided April 2, 1996No. C9-95-2060PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HUSPENI, Judge.
Respondents moved for and were granted summary judgment on the grounds that Minn.Stat. § 541.051, subd. 1(a), providing a two-year statute of limitations for improvements to real property, precluded appellant’s claims. Because both the injury and the breach of contract were discovered more than two years before the action was brought, we affirm.
FACTS
Appellant Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (Met Life) is now the sole owner of the Metropolitan Centre (Centre), a 31-story office building whose defects are the subject of this action, which was commenced on April 19,…
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- City of Willmar v. Short-Elliott-Hendrickson, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1991
- Executone Business Systems Corp. v. IPC Communications, Inc.Michigan Court of Appeals · 1989
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