Ohio Supreme Court Rules that Statute of Repose Applies to Contract Claims
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July 18, 2019
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The Client Alert was written by Attnys Andrew J. Natale & Matthew K. Grashoff, Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP
On July 17, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio announced a major victory for the Ohio construction industry in the ongoing battle over whether Ohio’s construction statute of repose, R.C. 2305.131, bars claims for breach of contract as well as tort claims. In New Riegel Local School District v. Buehrer Group Architecture & Engineering, Inc., et al., the Ohio Supreme Court ruled the construction statute of repose does apply to breach-of-contract claims as well as tort claims."