Housing & Redevelopment Authority for Crookston v. Agassiz Construction, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 4 state decisions

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1. “Subdivision 1. (a) Except where fraud is involved, no action by any person in contract, tort, or otherwise to recover damages for any injury to property, real or personal, or for bodily injury or wrongful death, arising out of the defective or unsafe condition of an improvement to real property, nor any action for contribution or indemnity for damages sustained on account of the injury, shall be brought against any person performing or furnishing the design, planning, supervision, materials, or observation of construction or construction of the improvement to real property or against the owner of the real property more than two years after discovery of the injury or, in the case of an action for contribution or indemnity, accrual of the cause of action ⅜ * *. (b) For purposes of paragraph (a), a cause of action accrues upon discovery of the injury or, in the case of an action for contribution or indemnity, upon payment of a final judgment, arbitration award, or settlement arising out of the defective and unsafe condition.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. City of Willmar v. Short-Elliott-Hendrickson, Inc.

2. “(1) An action for breach of any contract for sale must be commenced within four years after the cause of action has accrued. By the original agreement the parties may reduce the period of limitation to not less than one year but may not extend it. (2) A cause of action accrues when the breach occurs, regardless of the aggrieved party’s lack of knowledge of the breach. A breach of warranty occurs when tender of delivery is made * * *.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. City of Willmar v. Short-Elliott-Hendrickson, Inc.

3. “an action for contribution or indemnity,” the cause of action does not accrue until payment of a final judgment, arbitration award or settlement. See footnote 2, supra. At one point in this litigation, respondent Clow Corp. argued that contribution and indemnity are not substantive rights”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. City of Willmar v. Short-Elliott-Hendrickson, Inc.