Grice v. Hungerford Mechanical Corp.

As framed by the parties, the principal question presented in this appeal is whether, as the trial court ruled, an electrical panel box and its component parts are ordinary building materials rather than “equipment” within the meaning of Code § 8.01-250, a statute of repose.

The question stems from a judgment dismissing as time-barred amended motions for judgment filed by appellant Cassandra Grice, individually and as administrator of the estates of Indea H. Eggleston, her nine-year-old daughter, and El-Jamin Grice, her six-year-old son. The children had died of smoke inhalation when the…