Allentown Plaza Associates v. Suburban Propane Gas Corp.

In the proceedings below, the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County (Levin, J.) granted summary judgment motions filed by the defendants, four in number, based upon the general three-year statute of limitations contained in Md. [Cts. & Jud. Proc.] Code Ann. § 5-101 (1974). 1 The court rejected the contentions of the plaintiffs, appellants here, that their causes of action in assumpsit and tort, arising out of the construction of a shopping mall, were saved by the provisions of sections 5-108 of the same Article, 2 under which no claim for damages accrues “from the defective and unsafe…