Legal Opinion
SVF Riva Annapolis LLC v. Gilroy
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided June 25, 2018No. 66/17PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAdkins, J.
A statute of repose "shelters legislatively-designated groups from an action after a certain period of time." 1 Anderson v. United States , 427 Md. 99 , 118, 46 A.3d 426 (2012). Maryland's statute of repose, codified at Md. Code (1973, 2013 Repl. Vol.), § 5-108 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article ("CJP"), bars certain claims relating to injuries caused by improvements to real property. CJP
§ 5-108(d)(2) lists several exceptions to the statute of repose. Subsection (d)(2)(i) provides that the protections of the statute shall not apply if the "defendant was in actual possession and…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Harig v. Johns-Manville Products Corp.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1978
- Price v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2003
- Rose v. Fox Pool Corp.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1994
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