Milligan v. Tibbetts Engineering Corp.

The question posed by this case is whether the construction of a dead-end road is an “improvement to real property,” as that phrase is used in G. L. c. 260, § 2B. 2 We conclude that it is, and that the plaintiffs claim against the defendant is therefore barred because it was brought more than six years after the completion of the construction project.

The plaintiff, Harold Jay Milligan, filed suit against the defendants Tibbetts Engineering Corp. (Tibbetts) and the city of Gloucester (city), alleging that the former negligently designed and the latter negligently maintained a public way…