Montana High Court Upholds Ruling Awarding Summary Judgment To Builder, Architect

Mealey's (February 8, 2017, 11:09 AM EST) -- HELENA, Mont. — A Montana Supreme Court panel on Feb. 7 affirmed a ruling awarding summary judgment to a builder and an architect accused of defectively constructing a high school roof that partially collapsed following a snow storm in 2010, finding that the school district’s lawsuit was barred by the 10-year statute of repose because the roof was being used for its intended purpose beginning in 1998 (Hill County High School District No. A. v. Dick Anderson Construction, Inc., et al., No. 16-0186, Mont. Sup., 2017 Mont. LEXIS 38)....