Brink v. Smith Companies Construction, Inc.

OPINION

HUDSON, Judge.

Appellant, a general contractor, challenges the district court’s grant of summary judgment for respondents, who are subcontractors, which dismissed appellant’s third-party claims for contribution and indemnity asserted against respondents. Appellant brought its third-party claims in February 2003 after it was sued for breach of warranty in December 2002. The district court concluded that the statute of repose in Minn.Stat. § 541.051, subd. 1(a) (2002), barred appellant’s third-party claims. Appellant argues that application of the statute to bar its third-party claims is…