Legal Opinion

Hess v. Snyder Hunt Corp.

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided June 8, 1990No. Record 891362PublishedCited by 45 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stephenson

In this appeal, plaintiffs challenge the constitutionality of Code § 8.01-250 as applied to them. Code § 8.01-250, a statute of repose, provides, in pertinent part, as follows:

No action to recover for any injury to property, real or personal, or for bodily injury or wrongful death, arising out of the defective and unsafe condition of an improvement to real property, nor any action for contribution or indemnity for damages sustained as a result of such injury, shall be brought against any person performing or furnishing the design, planning, surveying, supervision of construction, or…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Dandridge v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  3. Munn v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  4. Mondou v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  5. Silver v. SilverSupreme Court of the United States · 1929

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3Cited by45 opinions

  1. Blaske v. Smith & Entzeroth, Inc.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1991
  2. Gibson v. West Virginia Department of HighwaysWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1991
  3. Pulliam v. Coastal Emergency Services of Richmond, Inc.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1999
  4. Cooper Industries, Inc. v. MelendezSupreme Court of Virginia · 2000
  5. Virginia Society for Human Life, Inc. v. CaldwellSupreme Court of Virginia · 1998

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