Albano v. SHEA HOMES LTD. PARTNERSHIP

OPINION

PELANDER, Justice.

¶ 1 We accepted jurisdiction to answer three questions certified to us by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit:

1. Does the filing of a motion for class certification in an Arizona court toll the statute of limitations for individuals, who are included within the class, to file individual causes of action involving the same defendants and the same subject matter?

2. If so, does this class-action tolling doctrine apply to statutes of repose, and more specifically, to the statute of repose for construction defects set forth in Arizona Revised Statutes…