Grange Debris Box & Wrecking Co. v. SUPERIOR COURT OF MARIN CTY.

Opinion

WHITE, P. J.

Code of Civil Procedure section 337.15, 1 enacted in 1971, imposes “an absolute requirement that a suit against a contractor to recover damages for a construction defect be brought within 10 years of the date of substantial completion of construction, regardless of the date of discovery of the defect.” (Regents of University of California v. Hartford Acc. & Indem. Co. (1978) 21 Cal.3d 624, 631, fn. omitted [147 Cal.Rptr. 486, 581 P.2d 197].) Subdivision (c) of the statute, in “clear, unambiguous, and reasonable” language, states one exception—a transactionally related…