Sedar v. Knowlton Construction Co.
Ohio Supreme Court
551 N.E.2d 938 (1990)
Relevant factsFree
Sedar (plaintiff) was severely injured when his arm went through a wire-reinforced glass door panel in a dormitory designed and built in the early 1960s by architects Larson & Nassau and Knowlton Construction (defendants); he sued within two years of the injury, but the defendants argued the state's ten-year statute of repose barred the claim entirely since it was filed decades after construction, and the trial court and court of appeals agreed.
IssueFree
Whether a state statute of repose validly bars actions to recover for injuries arising from a building's defective or unsafe condition when brought more than ten years after the design or construction services were performed.