Delon Hampton & Associates, Chartered Envirodyne Engineers, Incorporated v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

OPINION

SPROUSE, Circuit Judge:

The question we decide is whether the district court correctly determined that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s (“WMATA”) claim against an architectural and engineering firm was barred by Virginia’s statute of limitations and statute of repose. Holding that the statutes did not bar WMATA’s claim, we reverse.

Delon Hampton & Associates and Envi-rodyne Engineers, Inc., 1 formed a joint venture (DHWN, but for simplicity, hereafter called “Hampton”), to provide architectural and engineering services to build the Alexandria Service and Inspection…