Case ID: or-app_75/html/0324-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Argued and submitted May 17 at Pendleton, Oregon,
    affirmed September 18,
    reconsideration denied November 8, petition for review denied December 24, 1985 (300 Or 451)
    HANSEN, Appellant, v. TREASURE VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE et al, Respondents.
    
    (84-01-19,312-L; CA A31886)
    705 P2d 764
    Wendell Gronso, Burns, argued the cause for appellant. On the Brief were W. D. Cramer, Jr., and Cramer & Pinkerton, Burns.
    William C. Tharp, Ontario, argued the cause for respondent Treasure Valley Community College. With him on the brief was Tharp & Van Atta, Ontario.
    Larry Sullivan, Vale, filed the brief for respondent Robert J. Smith.
    Carl Burnham, Jr., Ontario, argued the cause for respondent R. W. Luekenga Construction Co., Inc. On the brief were Tim J. Helfrich, and Yturri, Rose, Burnham, Ebert & Bentz, Ontario.
    Before Richardson, Presiding Judge, and Warren and Young, Judges.
    PER CURIAM
   PER CURIAM

Plaintiff appeals a judgment dismissing his complaint as to all defendants on the ground that the action was commenced more than ten years after the construction of the facility alleged to have caused the injury. ORS 12.135. He argues that the statutory time limits, as applied, violate Article I, section 10, of the Oregon Constitution and the Fourteenth Amendment to the federal constitution.

Plaintiffs contention that statutes of ultimate repose are unconstitutional has been rejected in a number of cases. We discern no distinction between those cases and this one. See Johnson v. Star Machinery Co., 270 Or 694, 530 P2d 53 (1974); Josephs v. Burns & Bear, 260 Or 493, 491 P2d 203 (1971); Marinelli v. Ford Motor Co., 72 Or App 268, 696 P2d 1, rev den 299 Or 251 (1985); Davis v. Whiting Corporation, 66 Or App 541, 674 P2d 1194, rev den 297 Or 82 (1984).

Affirmed.