Burns v. Bechtel Corp.’s Empirical Analysis

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2 district · 4 state decisions

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1. “CHAPTER 666 (Senate Bill 241) AN ACT to add new Section 20 to Article 57 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1968 Replacement Volume), title “Limitations of Actions,” to follow immediately after Section 19 thereof, to prohibit the bringing of actions based on injuries arising out of defective conditions of improvements to real property against certain persons after a specified period of time and providing that the provision of the Act shall not apply to actions accruing prior to its effective date. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That new Section 20 be and it is hereby added to Article 57 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1968 Replacement Volume), title “Limitations of Actions,” to follow immediately after Section 19 thereof, and to read as follows: 20. No action to recover damages for 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 incurred as a result of said injury or death, shall be brought more than nine TWENTY years after the said improvement was substantially completed. This limitation shall not apply to any action brought against the person who, at the time the injury was sustained, was in actual possession and control as owner, tenant, or otherwise of the said improvement. For purposes of this section, “substantially completed” shall mean when the entire improvement is”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 232 Md. App. 602 - Duffy v. CBS Corp.

2. “This section does not apply if: (i) the defendant was in actual possession and control of the property as owner, tenant, or otherwise when the injury occurred[.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Duffy v. CBS Corp.

3. “[a] cause of action for an injury described in this section accrues when the injury or damage occurs.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Duffy v. CBS Corp.