Legal Opinion

Freezer Storage, Inc. v. Armstrong Cork Co.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 24, 1975No. Appeal, No. 63PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Jacobs, J.,

In December of 1965, Pennsylvania joined a growing number of jurisdictions when its legislature passed a statute limiting the liability of persons furnishing the design or construction of improvements to real property. *444The Pennsylvania statute1 provides that no action shall be brought against such persons more than 12 years after the completion of any such improvement.2 In this case we are squarely presented with a three-pronged attack upon the constitutionality of the statute as violating first, the Pennsylvania constitutional proscription against special legislation;3…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  2. Reed v. ReedSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. F. S. Royster Guano Co. v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
  4. Lemon v. KurtzmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  5. Silver v. SilverSupreme Court of the United States · 1929

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Pacific Indemnity Co. v. Thompson-Yaeger, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
  2. Zapata v. BurnsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
  3. Howell Ex Rel. Howell v. BurkNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1977
  4. Gibson v. West Virginia Department of HighwaysWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1991
  5. Loyal Order of Moose, Lodge 1785 v. CavanessSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1977

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