I was under the influence of aia documents that the statute of limitations & statute of repose, regarding injury or faulty construction of a project for which an architect has signed off on is 10 years. after that no matter what happens he/she cannot be sued?
is this correct?
kjdt
May 5, 15 1:36 pm
It varies widely from state to state.
Several states have no statute of repose at all - designers, architects, engineers and contractors and their respective estates can all be held responsible decades later.
Carrera
May 5, 15 2:36 pm
^ Correct, varies widely….and escape after 10 years is not necessarily true, there are ways for statutes of repose to be set aside in some tort cases. We are exposed in two ways, contract law (money) and tort (somebody got hurt), in my state it’s 15/10…never worried that much about the former, but still worry about the latter, even in retirement.
I was under the influence of aia documents that the statute of limitations & statute of repose, regarding injury or faulty construction of a project for which an architect has signed off on is 10 years. after that no matter what happens he/she cannot be sued?
is this correct?
It varies widely from state to state.
Several states have no statute of repose at all - designers, architects, engineers and contractors and their respective estates can all be held responsible decades later.
^ Correct, varies widely….and escape after 10 years is not necessarily true, there are ways for statutes of repose to be set aside in some tort cases. We are exposed in two ways, contract law (money) and tort (somebody got hurt), in my state it’s 15/10…never worried that much about the former, but still worry about the latter, even in retirement.