Terry v. New Mexico State Highway Commission

OPINION

PAYNE, Justice.

These cases, which have been certified to us from the Court of Appeals, require us to take a further look at established case law in two important areas involving contractors’ liability: the ten-year limitation on actions against architects, engineers and contractors, § 37-1-27, N.M.S.A.1978, and the limitations on a contractor’s liability set forth in Tipton v. Clower, 67 N.M. 388, 356 P.2d 46 (1960). They also present a situation where a cause of action is barred by an unreasonably short limitations period. We hold that an unreasonably short limitations period denies…