Legal Opinion
Stroudsburg Area School District v. R.K.R. Associates/Architects
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 1, 1992No. 3307PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELLY, Judge:
In this opinion we are called upon to determine whether appellant, Stroudsburg Area School District (School District), may assert the doctrine of nullum tempus occurrit regi to defeat the applicable statute of limitations in an action against various architects and general contractors (appellees) based upon their alleged failure to adequately design, supervise and provide specifications and safe and suitable materials for the construction of one of the exterior walls of one of the district's school buildings. We conclude that a school district may properly invoke the doctrine of…
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