Title: Cleveland City School Dist. Bd. of Edn. v. URS Co.

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

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Board of Education of the Cleveland City School District v. URS                  
Company, Appellant; Dow Chemical Company, Appellee.                              
[Cite as Cleveland City School Dist. Bd. of Edn. v. URS Co.                      
(1995),     Ohio St.3d    .]                                                     
Statutes of repose -- R.C. 2305.131 is unconstitutional.                         
     (No. 94-2378 -- Submitted April 4, 1995 -- Decided May 17,                  
1995.)                                                                           
     Appeal from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, No.                   
64496.                                                                           
                                                                                 
     Hahn Loeser & Parks, Mark E. Staib and Royce R. Remington,                  
for appellant.                                                                   
                                                                                 
     The discretionary appeal is allowed, and the judgment of                    
the court of appeals is affirmed in part and reversed in part                    
on the authority of Brennaman v. R.M.I. Co. (1994), 70 Ohio                      
St.3d 460, 639 N.E.2d 425.  Only that portion of the court of                    
appeals' opinion that finds the indemnification and                              
contribution claims of URS Company to be time barred by R.C.                     
2305.131 is reversed.  The portion of the appellate opinion                      
addressing URS Company's fraud claims is affirmed.                               
     Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer and                    
Cook, JJ., concur.                                                               
Wright, J., dissents.