Stearns v. Metro. Life Ins. Co.

[W]hether or not the Massachusetts statute of repose ... can be applied to bar personal injury claims arising from diseases with extended latency periods, such as those associated with asbestos exposure, where defendants had knowing control of the instrumentality of injury at the time of exposure.

Docket # 429.

On March 1, 2019, the SJC provided its answer:

Section 2B completely eliminates all tort claims arising out of any deficiency or neglect in the design, planning, construction, or general administration of an improvement to real property after the established time period has run, even if…